Paul CantrellOct 19, 2024

I’m a software developer with a bunch of industry experience. I’m also a comp sci professor, and whenever a CS alum working in industry comes to talk to the students, I always like to ask, “What do you wish you’d taken more of in college?”

Almost without exception, they answer, “Writing.”

One of them said, “I do more writing at Google now than I did when I was in college.”

I am therefore begging, begging you to listen to @stephstephking: https://mstdn.social/@stephstephking/113336270193370876

Stephanie King (@[email protected])

It's bumming me out to see so many universities forcing their English departments to put on a "English Majors Are Useful Too" promotional campaign to justify their existence when my experience out on the job market right now is HOT DAMN THIS ONE CAN WRITE A SENTENCE

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Show threadMark KristenssonOct 20, 2024
@inthehands @stephstephking @lisamelton I was a double major in college: CS and History. When it comes up, I’m always asked “why history? There’s no money in that.” True, but it gave me an opportunity to study abroad and it taught me how to write. Well, my writing has gotten me farther in my career than my coding
Show threadPaul Cantrell
@mkristensson @stephstephking @lisamelton
Broad education is a long-term investment with a slow but very large long-term payoff, both career-wise and human-being-wise!
Oct 20, 2024 at 1:01amWeb