Did "general education" classes make you a better programmer?

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Published on 2009-02-24T03:50:47Z Indexed on 2010/05/30 23:02 UTC
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I'm surprised by the number of general education classes computer science students must complete to get their bachelors. For example, I must take:

three English classes
two history classes
public speaking
economics
biology

I hardly think these general education requirements are unique to the university I attend. My question is (for those of you who have degrees), in what ways have these general education requirements improved your career as a programmer?

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