Have you ever thought about what you’d major in if you could go back 10 (or 40) years and do college all over again?  I certainly have, and here’s the answer: I’d be a double major, in English and computer science.  And by the way, I’d be a multi-billionaire by now.

Here’s my assertion: In any industry, working at any company, with any type or level of responsibility, your ceiling of potential as well as the pace at which you’ll realize that potential are greatest if you’re able to (1) write well and (2) grasp relevant technology quickly. These are two skills that college study can directly help you build; just about every other skill you’ll need in the workplace is secondary, best learned on the job rather than in the classroom.

I myself was an International Business major with a minor in Spanish.  How’d that work out for me?  Well, first of all, my International Business classes familiarized me with plenty of business-related topics and ideas, but in actual fact barely scratched the surface of any of them and taught me exactly nothing that I could put to tangible use in the real world.  So there’s that.  Second… Read More