Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates: Who Would Choose Trent?

If Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were university-age, what university would each choose? Which would choose Trent?

From the New York Times:
Career Counselor: Bill Gates or Steve Jobs?

(Thanks to Jonathan Alphonsus for providing this link).


College students want to know what courses and majors will give them an edge in their careers. But the choices are not always clear, even if you are taking advice from Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.

In a talk to the nation's governors earlier this month, Mr. Gates emphasized work-related learning, arguing that education investment should be aimed at academic disciplines and departments that are "well-correlated to areas that actually produce jobs."

If this was not music to the ears of advocates of the humanities, they quickly found a soulmate in Steve Jobs. At an event unveiling new Apple products, Mr. Jobs said: "It's in Apple's DNA that technology alone is not enough -- it's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing and nowhere is that more true than in these post-PC devices."

What do we know about the relationship between college studies and majors and future employment? What gets you a good first job and what leads to career success?

Read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/03/20/career-counselor-bill-gates-or-steve-jobs