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Why couldn't they start moving the files and calculate the total size in parallel? By the time they calculated the total size, they'd already have a speed benchmark.
You are not mistaken. My alma mater does this, and I graduated from the latter (SE). While my computer science peers were taking Operating Systems and Cryptography, I was taking Software Architecture, Software Engineering Process and Requirements and Specifications. There was overlap, of course, and I took many CS courses. I also took CE courses, Human Factors courses, etc.