You're doing exactly what you need to do, you are putting extra effort into it.
My feeling is the "bad" cs grads usually did not put in that extra effort. Reading GEB is rarely a required par of any CS degree but reading it is an incredibly useful thing in my view. It's a thick book and takes commitment to read.
Side note: Check out this book (http://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6dels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel/dp/0814...) on Godel's proof. It's been updated by Doug Hofstadter the author of GEB. I found it pretty good. Read it slowly, two three time if needed. It will make sense.
My feeling is the "bad" cs grads usually did not put in that extra effort. Reading GEB is rarely a required par of any CS degree but reading it is an incredibly useful thing in my view. It's a thick book and takes commitment to read.
Side note: Check out this book (http://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6dels-Proof-Ernest-Nagel/dp/0814...) on Godel's proof. It's been updated by Doug Hofstadter the author of GEB. I found it pretty good. Read it slowly, two three time if needed. It will make sense.