Anytime I'm interviewing, these days for contracts as an independent consultant, I try to mention early on that my B.A. was in Philosophy, with a minor in Music

Anytime I'm interviewing, these days for contracts as an independent consultant, I try to mention early on that my B.A. was in Philosophy, with a minor in Music History. I try to avoid (or spend as little time as possible) with companies who are only looking for pure-bred CS majors. It's refreshing when you encounter a medium to large corporation who tell you that most of their best engineers / programmers were originally art students.