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What Tech Companies Should Consider When Hiring New Blood

From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel

August 5, 2015·17:00

Episode summary

In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: Last week, Forbes writer George Anders put out an article entitled, "That 'Useless' Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech's Hottest Ticket. " After reading the article, we here at EdSurge thought to ourselves... gee, what should edtech companies really consider when hiring new blood?

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Last week, Forbes writer George Anders put out an article entitled, "That 'Useless' Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech's Hottest Ticket." After reading the article, we here at EdSurge thought to ourselves... gee, what should edtech companies really consider when hiring new blood? To find out that answer and more (including whether or not Anders' feelings negate the relevance of tech training programs like Dev Bootcamp), we brought Anders into the EdSurge office to get his thoughts beyond the article. Listen up, CEOs and administrators--you might just want to hire that Romance Languages major.