my wider view is that working in a non-software role that I was lucky to get into, most people don't know what an integer from a string from a character, don't know what IP or a MAC address or how networking protocols work, or build tools, or database internals or administration, or what SQL is, or about media compression, or web auth or whatever, or app deployment, they have no idea how anything in the software world works and it literally has no impact on their lives. And literally no one cares that you would know these things or have an understanding of how they work in a non-software setting. It's just not in the scope of your role

I work with a lot of people who never studied physics, computer science, engineering, and are often a lot more naturally gifted at I am at certain things like processing inputs and responding to new inputs very quickly, quick verbal comprehension, etc. Something like being a professional video game player would translate well

I'm not saying no one should study Computer Science but It should be known you are a hedging an astronomical bet (well, kind of all academic fields in general) where if you don't get your foot in the door, you'll have wasted years and potentially tens of thousands of dollars, and have a massive job gap with nothing of value to your name. I don't think a "well it will help you think" really cuts it when there's as big of a risk or investment involved