There’s so much contempt for liberal arts/humanities these days it’s no wonder they’re declining. Personally, I’m thrilled when I see someone who can put together a coherent email or who was interested in philosophy enough to study it! They tend to be the most interesting people to talk to. As a society, we need humanities majors as well as computer science majors. I say this as a mom with two successful STEM-majoring daughters.
Success is a function of privilege and common sense and hard work and luck as much as major. My son, about to enter high school, wants to go into computer science, and I feel SO strongly that he needs to be capable in “softer” subjects as well. It’s getting so rare these days.