“What company? Seems like a company who is foolishly failing to look at all potentially good candidates, if the goal is to hire people who know CS.”
No, the goal is to hire people who have a relevant degree in CS. For someone who claims they know CS, getting BS in CS would not be a problem. As I mentioned before, this company, like a few others I worked for, does not discriminate based on school’s prestige and would equally accept BS from CSU, UC, even National University. Once again, this is my opinion and my example. If you would like to see more, open any job site, type in “software engineer” or whatever else you think you can do with L&S CS and see how many BA positions you can find. In rare cases “job ad writers” (they are actually called HR - recruiting) may write “Bachelor’s in CS” without specifying that it has to be B.S, simply because CS is a science, and not too many people know that a concept of “BA in CS” exists.