Comment He's Right (Score 2, Insightful) 339
The guy is completely correct.
The situation: You've got a thousand applicants. You've got one or two job openings.
If you don't have the slightest idea what makes the internet and the information age run, you probably don't deserve the job. But the converse is also true: programmers should learn something of art, literature, and history. Too many software people don't even know anything about science. A person that can't think broadly in a well-rounded way is useless.