The blog post describes the problem with this strategy, I think—the author was already pulled over to the CS side because they could just throw together a web app that people could actually interact with, day one.

If you start with easy circuit models, at least the labs can put together something tangible in the first couple semesters, to keep people interested.

And, I mean, a lot of engineering students end up going into sort of technician-y jobs, so keeping the hands-on spark alive has a lot of value, IMO.