The CS Education Difficulty Curve

The classic education bait-and-switch in three acts:

First panel: An automatic transmission. "Here's a nice, simple abstraction with a few options. Just put it in drive and go!"

Second panel: A manual transmission with extra steps. "Now go home and figure out how to drive stick while also doing donuts in a parking lot."

Third panel: A literal spacecraft cockpit. "For your final exam, please land this Apollo module on the moon with half the fuel and a critical systems failure. You have 90 minutes. No pressure."

Computer science degrees should come with trauma counseling.