[Tutor] Education vs Employment

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

>	I agree with everything previously mentioned re the advantages of a
>(Liberal) Arts background, but the sad fact is that IT employers (including
>mine) have a 'tick sheet'. They use this to shortlist as few candidates as
>possible for each position - 'Drivers License - Tick; IT Degree : Tick' etc.

Well, I think I can most concisely say why I value my liberal arts 
degree in the following manner:

I learned more about the business of being a coder from Machiavelli 
than from Knuth.
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