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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd venture that the Big X graduates will have had better public speaking and writing backgrounds - so even if doing STEM as their eventual career  - they are well suited for a wider set of jobs (not just number crunching, but jobs that need to also have communication and leadership skills).

I say this partially based on my math kid who attended CTY for many summers with crazy crazy brilliant kids in STEM subjects. Every time, the feedback from the teacher to us was how our kid stood apart (by a lot) in presentations, in communication skills, in working with others, and explaining very complex "math work" in words and thoughts. These were not instead of their math accomplishments in the class...but in addition to.  I credit all of these to the strength of their private schools - this is a total introvert kid, so these skills were not based on their own personality.[/quote]
Yep, this is a good point. Tech companies have all kinds of different positions, from "worker bee" types to principal engineers to C-suite leaders and middle management in between. There's room for both the magnet and Big X types, but depending on your education/training/personality certain corporate departments will usually be a better fit than others.[/quote]

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