A classics major adds value for engineering and STEM: a profile of Tim O’Reilly, who brings classical ethics and eloquence to the world of technology. From the article:

O’Reilly has a deep understanding of how knowledge should disseminate in a society, and how best to make that happen…. Building a knowledge community is an art, and O’Reilly got the right training during his 1970s stint at Harvard. As he told a Harvard interviewer a while ago: “The classics are part of my mental tool set; the context I think with.”