It's a bit odd that the author justifies a liberal arts education by focusing on two liberal arts majors (music and philosophy) who shone as software developers

It's a bit odd that the author justifies a liberal arts education by focusing on two liberal arts majors (music and philosophy) who shone as software developers based on their skills at abstraction. I do not think this is something that the humanities in general teaches better than computer science (or, better yet, math).