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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum. Do both and you will be well rounded.

There is nothing here that you cannot easily study at home at this point.....misguided to believe anything else. And, this is why the primary goal of college has to be learning how to think, evaluate, understand nuance, and communicate. Hence, SLACs and their approach to education are the right approach at this moment.

? do you think CS majors aren't taught to think critically and evaluate? Good gracious. Tell me you know nothing about CS without telling me you know nothing about CS.

PP; Since you popped in with a bit of nonsense I'll take a bit of time to help you out with context because I have context, real life day to day context.

I know a bit about CS because in my day job I am a director at a Mag 7 and I run a group of engineers, SWEs, TPMs and PMs. I drop into DCUM because it is a delightfully toxic stew of nonsense with some folks who care sprinkled in. It provides a great dopamine boost to my ADHD riddled brain.

I didn't say anything about CS majors not being able to think; I pointed out what skills are going to actually matter. AI is changing everything that my team does, everyday. And, I have said it before but I'll leave it here again.....we don't care what your major is when interviewing for SWEs. If you can code you can code for us. But everyday it is less about being able to code and more about understanding systems, constraints, optimization areas, etc.. Coding chops are becoming less valuable (there are still fantastic opportunities for coders who can go deep) and more about architecture and systems thinking. Thinking skills are quickly becoming more valuable than coding chops for many positions that would have been filled by SWEs in the past. My PMs and TPMs are also having to adjust and skill up in order to continue growing.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/the-great-computer-science-exodus-and-where-students-are-going-instead/

Wannabe CS majors will migrate to AI. The current crop of CS majors better know how to use AI in their jobs. DC is a dual cs/math major and uses AI to check their code. They've been asked how they have used AI in interviews. A FAANG internship they were offered deals with refactoring existing code with AI.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum. Do both and you will be well rounded.

There is nothing here that you cannot easily study at home at this point.....misguided to believe anything else. And, this is why the primary goal of college has to be learning how to think, evaluate, understand nuance, and communicate. Hence, SLACs and their approach to education are the right approach at this moment.

? do you think CS majors aren't taught to think critically and evaluate? Good gracious. Tell me you know nothing about CS without telling me you know nothing about CS.

...and you can major in CS at most SLACs.

ok, and? CS at SLACs aren't highly regarded.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

You know who can tell you everything and anything about all of human hisotry? AI bots.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum. Do both and you will be well rounded.

There is nothing here that you cannot easily study at home at this point.....misguided to believe anything else. And, this is why the primary goal of college has to be learning how to think, evaluate, understand nuance, and communicate. Hence, SLACs and their approach to education are the right approach at this moment.

? do you think CS majors aren't taught to think critically and evaluate? Good gracious. Tell me you know nothing about CS without telling me you know nothing about CS.

Not to mention that my CS major also had to take the core courses as well, including writing, philosophy, general sciences, humanities, and has a minor in the humanities.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum. Do both and you will be well rounded.

There is nothing here that you cannot easily study at home at this point.....misguided to believe anything else. And, this is why the primary goal of college has to be learning how to think, evaluate, understand nuance, and communicate. Hence, SLACs and their approach to education are the right approach at this moment.

? do you think CS majors aren't taught to think critically and evaluate? Good gracious. Tell me you know nothing about CS without telling me you know nothing about CS.

...and you can major in CS at most SLACs.

Apply for food stamps

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Anonymous wrote:CS majors are going to work at Starbucks.

Know one who is doing two such jobs, but she’s outgoing. The other recent CS grads are cowering at home arguing with their parents about how it’s not possible to work, yadda, yadda, yadda…

LOL thanks for the laugh.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum. Do both and you will be well rounded.

There is nothing here that you cannot easily study at home at this point.....misguided to believe anything else. And, this is why the primary goal of college has to be learning how to think, evaluate, understand nuance, and communicate. Hence, SLACs and their approach to education are the right approach at this moment.

? do you think CS majors aren't taught to think critically and evaluate? Good gracious. Tell me you know nothing about CS without telling me you know nothing about CS.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum. Do both and you will be well rounded.

There is nothing here that you cannot easily study at home at this point.....misguided to believe anything else. And, this is why the primary goal of college has to be learning how to think, evaluate, understand nuance, and communicate. Hence, SLACs and their approach to education are the right approach at this moment.

Anonymous wrote:Coding. I know a guy who works at the university. He does not make a lot of money.
He works on the student ID database.

oo hey.. that is me. how are you doing?

Coding. I know a guy who works at the university. He does not make a lot of money.
He works on the student ID database.

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Anonymous wrote:my kid says there's a big movement to hard and soft skills. so history and data science double major. or Econ and philosophy.

How’s history gonna give you more soft skills? Unless you’re talking about being brainwashed is a soft skill?

History doesn't give you soft skills. History gives you perspective.

It's all happened before and it will all happen again.

STEM majors are more likely to have better knowledge in history than humanities majors because they’re generally more intellectually curious. That has been my observation.

You have overplayed your hand.

If you wanted to argue that stem majors on average are smarter than humanities majors, I could see you winning that argument but arguing that STEM majors know more history than humanities majors is a stretch.

History and humanities you can learn from reading books on your own. Engineering and other Stem involves training and an intense curriculum. Do both and you will be well rounded.

Anonymous wrote:CS majors are going to work at Starbucks.

Know one who is doing two such jobs, but she’s outgoing. The other recent CS grads are cowering at home arguing with their parents about how it’s not possible to work, yadda, yadda, yadda…