in reply to Being exposed to other cultures
I took a broad mix of Math, Economics and English in college and I think they each gave me problem solving tools. While Math may be the more obvious choice, the Economics classes gave me some practical grounding in gathering data (and in how silly the results can be if data is gathered selectively or if assumptions are made early in the process). A literature background will remind you that it's all been done before, if nothing else :)
Some of the best programmers I've known had no formal background in computer science. And some of the worst were CS majors, but I won't make assumptions :)
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