Having done a philosophy degree and been a programmer, in my opinion you're adding far too much weight to what is a very easy domain to understand. All the complicated bits became their own discipline (maths/physics/chemistry/social science/psychology).
Philosophy's not particularly complicated to someone who understands basic logic.
In some ways it's not a real subject as there's nothing to study as it's all thought experiments. There's no weird data mucking up elegant theories, or strange earth movements, or bizarre lights patterns.
These days philosophy tends to be just an argument about what a word actually means.
It's certainly nothing like a programmer dabbling in maths and claiming they've solved p v np.
Philosophy's not particularly complicated to someone who understands basic logic.
In some ways it's not a real subject as there's nothing to study as it's all thought experiments. There's no weird data mucking up elegant theories, or strange earth movements, or bizarre lights patterns.
These days philosophy tends to be just an argument about what a word actually means.
It's certainly nothing like a programmer dabbling in maths and claiming they've solved p v np.