First of all, there are many excellent programmers who have little to no college whatsoever. A few of the world's most famous and wealthy programmers have no degree. A self-righteous professor may attempt to get rid of people thru a intentionally rigorous course, but that doesn't mean that student will never be a professional programmer. I have worked at consulting companies where the best programmers were not even IT majors, rather English majors, religion majors, and the most common in my experience is art/music majors. Many universities are teaching programming as part of an overall business-based IT program, where the student isn't taught to just code low level stuff, but also to be innovative, entrepreneurial and to understand the big picture. Personally, I'd much rather have an IT major over a traditional CS major, especially in today's business world. So to the person who started this thread, don't worry about that professor. And don't let anybody "weed" you out if you enjoy this line of work and feel you can be productive, innovative and continuously improve yourself. Good luck!