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Good point, and I'd add that a circumspect citizenry with experience in many varied areas of thinking is necessary for democracy to function well. It's probably
by ericd 9y ago
Good point, and I'd add that a circumspect citizenry with experience in many varied areas of thinking is necessary for democracy to function well. It's probably worth it to society to fund for that benefit alone. Thanks for the reminder.
You did get a fairly in-demand degree job-wise to go with it, though. Do you feel like the history degree by itself would have been good enough work-wise?
- Spooky23 9y agoI've had this debate with colleagues and friends many times. I struggled with choosing CS because everyone assumed I'd go to school for computer related stuff from age 8. I wanted to be sure I did what I wanted to do. But I also wanted good job prospects! End of the day, CS opened doors to good jobs immediately after college. Without that, i problably would have gravitated towards teaching, sales, law or something similar. Between luck, hustle, timing and what I know (not necessarily in that order), I'm pretty happy with how things have turned out. Had I taken another path, I tend to believe I would land in a similar place. But who knows!
- ericd 9y agoMakes sense. I think your approach is a good one - mix passion and practical.
- therealdrag0 9y agoI similarly was a computer kid, but took a different path (English, Philosophy), and I did end up in the same place. After teaching English for a year in Korea, I spent a year pounding out the lightest CS degree I could. Now I have a healthy dev career, and I don't regret lib arts at all (except maybe wishing I did them at the same time, instead of serially).