Comment by soegaard

Most Computer Science programs teach principles.

The ideas behind a database is more important than the the concrete database used. If the ideas are taught, then the students can adapt when the fashion changes.

So instead of teaching something that you can use on your first job, they teach principles you can use your entire career. And times does change.

Remember the good old languages Fortran, Algol 60 etc. That's where the jobs were...