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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People don't seem to understand that the kids that graduate from a CS program and typically much more intelligent that the others who didn't, especially considering the competition to get into those programs over the past several years.  Do you think they won't be able to figure out their careers relative to someone who majored in, what, English?[/quote]

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There are more CS hires, for sure, but Google hires more philosophy degree grads straight out of college than any other company. Humanities majors who want to move into product dev/man honestly can do okay. Not many want that, but if they do .. it's there. [/quote]

The question is not if they do, but if they CAN do.  A few liberal arts majors (especially those from Ivys) can learn and adapt quickly, and they are willing to venture out of their comfort zones.  But many liberal arts majors can’t.  I’ll take a civil or environmental engineering major over any liberal arts major any day. [/quote]

I have no idea where you work, so I'll take your word on it. We hire a lot of liberal arts majors. I get that I'm also not saying where I work, but it's a major employer. I have no idea what you're saying about liberal art majors and comfort zones. CS majors are more tracked from a young age than philosophy majors. I've had so many new hires that were liberal arts majors that started X and ended in Y and it can be pretty attractive.  I also just want to say in a multi-national company there are jobs in every catergory.  We have a million finance types.  And publishers and editorial staff. Lawyers and writers. We have composers. We have people who help us with college admissions (DCUM would die). For every CS/engineer who walks in the door in the morning, I bet there are 5 that are not -- probably a lot more. [/quote]

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