“Liberal arts gave me the flexibility to think that way and know there’s not one single answer to how to live and work.”
Lives in: Oakland, CA
Major: Anthropology
What work looks like: “My job entails working with leaders to figure out how to create learning content that helps our internal teams grow and collaborate better.”
What he loves about it: “Solving problems with my colleagues—nothing is off the table and the more you understand what makes people tick the more creative you can be with what you build to help them grow.”
What he gained from a liberal arts education: “Critical thinking and adaptability. My first class at UVM, the professor wore a hat with a ponytail and at the very end took it off to shift our perspective from hippy professor to clean-cut academic. It was a micro-lesson on perspective and prejudice that I continue to use in my work. The critical thinking and adaptability I learned have also helped me. Nothing within the business world is completely ‘rule-based,’ meaning what you anticipated will always change. Both of those skills have let me quickly understand a new environment and make an impact. It’s been crucial to my success. Many of my friends have gone into careers that have clear pathways and steps, but mine has had lots of twists and turns. It’s exciting to know that I could be working on anything tomorrow! Liberal arts gave me the flexibility to think that way and know there’s not one single answer to how to live and work.”