>The more I wrote, the more I understood the issue was more complex than that This is why discussion of a topic and the ability to elucidate them in speech or

>The more I wrote, the more I understood the issue was more complex than that This is why discussion of a topic and the ability to elucidate them in speech or writing is important. It is easier to examine them in an orderly format. I often model conversations in my head about my opinions (about work, things with my home life, just in general). As a side note: Strong ordering of ideas is something that can be developed naturally, but it is also a skill learned through willing engagement with oft-maligned academic topics like humanities (liberal arts) courses. This is especially true of learning ordered writing. I often see devs who fulfill requests precisely, literally as they are requested, and then bemoan how it doesn't even make sense. Then I see devs who demand detailed conversations to pick apart each word of a request so they don't just provide what was asked for, but also what was needed. ( Sometimes to the frustration of the requestor for whom their needs seem obvious since they live every day with the area of work) I'm not claiming humanities are some sort of magic bullet on this, only that they can be a convenient path to skills that are actually useful, albeit subtly hidden by a surface level course title that fills a 3-credit literature requirement. And yes, some people don't need it. But colleges (in the US, my area of familiarity) do have a mechanism of getting out of a lot of them if you don't need it: Take AP exams the demonstrate you already have those skills and get requirements waived. You may wonder, since most have had such courses forced on them, how I could correct. Well-- 1) I make no claim that it always works. And 2) Look above for my caveat of willing engagement. Blowing them off as useless won't get you much out of them. If I had to make a recommendation, I'd direct comp sci majors to fill as many of those courses as possible in philosophy courses, which is an area defined by the requirement for ordered thinking and dissection of meaning on a very granular level. For literature requirements I'd recommend Shakespeare which also often focuses around dissecting multiple levels of meaning from the text. (If you have taken a Shakespeare course and don't know the multiple meanings of "3-legged stool" then you didn't read carefully.) For history, choose courses that focus on the enlightenment and renaissance time periods.