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I guess it all depends on the student in question. Me, I majored in Computer Science, but I love all areas of science and study them on my own. Same with Histor
by yareally 14y ago
I guess it all depends on the student in question. Me, I majored in Computer Science, but I love all areas of science and study them on my own. Same with History, Art, Philosophy, Music (played violin & clarinet) and Literature. I was probably one of the few odd students in Computer Science at my school that actually loved the creative writing and art courses he took. I am not a great artist, but I can talk to someone who knows way more about art than me and relate to what interests them to a point. Such things lead to forming connections with people and exchanging great ideas across knowledge gaps between them. It also helps you to form better analogies and metaphors for explaining difficult, technical concepts.
I would have actually gone into teaching History if the United States school system was not as limited as it is these days in what one can teach students. I probably read and study history as much as I do about software development. However, I love Computer Science and have no regrets about going into it instead.
Any student that does not strive to be well-rounded in as many areas of knowledge as they can outside of their field is really missing out on life. Entrepreneurship in general is all about knowing what will make life better and it's hard to know what needs improving if one does not have experience in areas outside of their field.
A person does a great disservice to themselves when they choose to isolate their realm of knowledge to a narrow field, no matter which field it is.