Bad choice of words. I was referring to the bottom up approach to the curriculum, and the more engaged career services at CMU. CMU is very invested in the academic and career success of its students. Columbia kind of throws you into the fire in both categories. So yeah, I'm not surprised many people complain about "bad" career services at Columbia.
To use a coding analogy, some people like to start with templates, and some people like to write everything from scratch. Different approaches depending on who you are.