At least in Indonesia, computer science degree overall is still popular.
Of course, in general the curriculum is pretty math-heavy. Some may say "too theoritical".
In the end... most of us work as software developer/engineer, not computer scientist in the academia. We usually built products for consumers (typically the usual database and networking, not fancy stuff like AI, formal method, high performance cryptography bla bla bla). In this context, well yep "You don’t need a CS degree to be a developer".
In the end... most of us work as software developer/engineer, not computer scientist in the academia. We usually built products for consumers (typically the usual database and networking, not fancy stuff like AI, formal method, high performance cryptography bla bla bla). In this context, well yep "You don’t need a CS degree to be a developer".