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Ask Slashdot: Any Place For Liberal Arts Degrees In Tech?

Posted by timothy on from the be-the-legacy-hire dept.

Nerval's Lobster (2598977) writes A new article in Fast Company suggests tech CEOs want employees with liberal arts degrees, because those graduates have critical thinking skills. Meanwhile, a new article on Dice (yes, yes, we know) posits that STEM degrees such as data science, IT admin, and electrical engineering are what science-and-tech companies are going to want for the foreseeable future. What do you think? What place do those with liberal arts degrees have in companies such as, say, Tesla or a biomedical engineering firm?

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  1. Gee I do not know. by LWATCDR · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have two people interviewing for a programming job right out of college.
    1. Has a degree in CS.
    2. Has a degree in English Lit.
    Hummm.......
    Yea right.
    Or turn it around.
    You are looking for a fiction book editor.
    1. Has a degree in CS.
    2. Has a degree in English Lit.
    Yes still works.

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  2. Re:Um by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sandwich maker FTW.

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  4. Re:Dual degrees by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

    I majored in physics, but at a very liberal-arts-focused school.

    They taught you a quantum of English necessary for relativistic writing?

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