What is the value of a computer science degree?

Asked by stevenelliottjr (295) February 14th, 2010 from iPhone

I am a computer science major and it seems like a lot of my classmates are total morons. I mean, I love to write software, learn about language theory, and everything in between. I spend all of my free time, well maybe not all, programming. I also work full-time as a software engineer. Most of my classmates couldn’t even tell you how a the JVM works let alone write a decent java app. Just the other day I read something from a compsci student that said he couldn’t hand in his assignment because he couldn’t install the JDK on his system. What the hell? If this is what compsci programs churn out why am I wasting my time? I’m already more passionate and probably a hell of a lot better programmer than these guys will ever be. What’s the point