A few months back I invited a friend to speak in front of my professional writing class. Santosh Jayaram is the quintessential Silicon Valley high-tech entrepreneur: tech-savvy, empirical, ferociously competitive, and a veteran of Google, Twitter and a new start-up, Dabble. Afraid that he would simply run over my writing students, telling them to switch majors before it was too late, I asked him not to crush the kids' hopes any more than they already were.
Santosh said, "Are you kidding? English majors are exactly the people I'm looking for."
Showing posts with label humanities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humanities. Show all posts
Thursday, October 25, 2012
"English Majors Are Exactly Who I'm Looking For"
Michael Moore's article in the WSJ will bring a smile to humanities majors.
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