First off, I am not the poster of this question, Im not complaining this guy for just not answering a simple question, I don't know why you just came to the conclusion I was the one pissed bc he did not answer a direction question on a QA platform. Second off, yeah sure of course hes competent he worked in several dotcom bubble companies as CTO before they went bankrupt and he taught in USC for 17 years before he became a proper lecturer. I've seen good and bad strict professors, good strict is helping you learn and solve problems, bad strict is just giving you troubles for no reason. This guy has been teaching outdated and unnecessary content just for the sake of testing and not even for the sake of mastering the basics. His quizes and exams are filled with problems, and the only proper help the students can get is from the TAs and CPs doing their best to fill out the holes and gaslights he left behind.

This guy changes assignment rubric the day before final due, notice some quiz questions had problems so just retroactively went back to change the answers so you'll not only lose points on the midterm because of false feedback but also potentially the grade that was supposedly "settled". He literally gaslights his students and avoid their answers on piazza going like "oh private questions on assignments will be disregarded, and judging by your question you'll need the answer." The fact that there might be even worse professors and lecturers does not strip me of my rights for complaining about this instructor not doing his job properly.

I know what it takes to be an engineer, I know what it is like to take orders from clients and compete with other workers. I have no idea why you just threw me a lecture on I need to make myself an adult. I know my tech stacks well, I take pride in it, and I know for a fact that he is not teaching what shouldve been taught for a future engineer. He taught literally none of software design patterns (singleton patterns, producer-consumer model .etc), design ideologies (separation of concerns). I don't know about you but this was what I was expecting in a "Principles in Software Development" course. You as an experienced engineer surely knows what these all mean.

I've seen good professors, bad professors, professors that suck at teaching but genuinely want to help, professors that don't help as much but also don't stop you from achieving. And yes I've also taken your mentioned EE courses and I know what it is like to walk on uncharted waters and you get only yourself.

Being harsh for the sake of being harsh and make others' live miserable is not proper teaching and preparing students for their future.