"We don't need people to engineer buildings any more, because we have architects and city planners." I wouldn't expect a philosophy major to leapfrog into a si

"We don't need people to engineer buildings any more, because we have architects and city planners." I wouldn't expect a philosophy major to leapfrog into a similar compensation package as a competent engineer. At best they're going to be like PMs with domain knowledge, and working experience building software will be required for folks on product teams. Just another case of individual with cross-discipline expertise being more valuable than ones with narrower focus, which is nothing new in the workforce.