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Re: FIRST for Non-Engineering Students

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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner View Post
being good in music and engineering is not that uncommon.
In my long career (in other words, I'm old) many of my years have been spent in hiring roles -- software engineering supervisor and manager.
By far -- really not even close -- the 2 best hires I ever made were both:

1) females
2) music majors in college

Maybe just coincidence -- but maybe not.

Edit: I should have just spelled this out.
Be as many things as your passion and ability allow you to be.
And don't let the fact that you're a male deter you -- I didn't.
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