Humanities students should learn to code

Humanities students should absolutely learn to code. Technology is an important part of our lives now, so it’s imperative that we too evolve with recent advancements. I recently engaged in a really interesting debate with my former boss at Target as a Software Engineer– I asked him if he believed programmers should have empathy. And to my surprise, he answered “no”. In his eyes, programmers, especially at big companies, are there to do a job. According to him, empathy clouds their logic and prevents them from executing the task they’re supposed to do. However, I disagree. I think empathy is crucial during development, and that it aids developers. If developers are more connected to their cause, they’re likely to create higher-performing products that optimize use for everyone! I think humanities students could have an interesting role here. Because the majority of humanities disciplines study the world, its communities, and their communication, there is value in using this knowledge with code. There can never be a drawback to having more background and context. A well-rounded software engineer is a better software engineer. As Kirschenbaum says, programming itself is “a kind of world-making, requiring one to specify the behaviors of an object or a system from the ground up”.

I have quite a bit of code experience. I’m well-acquainted with HTML, CSS, Javascript, ReactJS, React Native, Python, Flask, SQL, PSQL, Java, Kotlin, C, and Vue.js. I’ve created a full-stack web app for Software Design, and I’ve participated in Hack4Impact, where I’ve been able to learn about Javascript and JS frameworks to create web apps and iOS apps. This has been really useful for me, and I’m really grateful for this experience.

Here’s a snippet of my CSS Code:

.cards {
  min-height: 60vh;
  justify-content: space-around !important; 
}

body {
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

.flexingl {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  justify-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: stretch;
  margin-bottom: 30px;
}

.containerl {
  padding: 10px;
  border-radius: 25px;
  max-width: 95%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  align-items: center;
  position: relative;
}

.l-container {
  align-items: flex-start;
  max-width: 80%;
}

.l-container > h1 {
  color: #282828;
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 35px;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.l-container p {
  font-size: 25px !important;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-align: left;
}

.l-container span {
  font-weight: 400;
}

.butnl {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: none;
  color: rgb(238, 177, 17);
  font-weight: 900;
  font-size: 3em;
  overflow: hidden;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 970px) {
  .cards {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
  }

}

.heading-container{
  color: rgb(3, 64, 125);
}

.heading-container .about {
  text-align: right !important;
  position: relative;


.t-bold {
  font-weight: bold !important;
  font-family: 'Consolas';
}