>They don't want to teach any "tools" b/c CS professors find teaching people how to be good developers as beneath them. They honest to god think CS is an actually hard science on par with math and physics.
Despite what you (and a lot developers that I've talked to) seem to think, CS is a hard science. However, CS and software development are not the same thing. Most CS programs are taught by professors who have research degrees in Computer Science, not by people who have ever been (or probably ever claimed to be) professional software developers, so there is a fundamental disconnect between what you seem to think you should be learning and what is actually being taught.
The professional software developer is a fairly new occupation in the grand scheme of things. The people who are most qualified to teach it are people who have actually worked as developers in the industry, but that is difficult because 1) most universities are reluctant to hire (and students can be reluctant to take classes from) adjunct/non-PhD faculty, and 2) it is hard for schools to offer enough to lure many of them away from industry anyway.
Despite what you (and a lot developers that I've talked to) seem to think, CS is a hard science. However, CS and software development are not the same thing. Most CS programs are taught by professors who have research degrees in Computer Science, not by people who have ever been (or probably ever claimed to be) professional software developers, so there is a fundamental disconnect between what you seem to think you should be learning and what is actually being taught.
The professional software developer is a fairly new occupation in the grand scheme of things. The people who are most qualified to teach it are people who have actually worked as developers in the industry, but that is difficult because 1) most universities are reluctant to hire (and students can be reluctant to take classes from) adjunct/non-PhD faculty, and 2) it is hard for schools to offer enough to lure many of them away from industry anyway.