Tom Scholl: Putting Your Philosophy Degree to Work, and Succeeding

For the Season 1 finale of The Grindstone, we dip into the archive to share our interview with Purdue Philosophy grad Tom Scholl. Tom joined us last fall while he was in town for the Scholl Lecture Series, which he sponsors.Tom discusses his journey from starting out as an Electrical Engineering major to graduating with a Philosophy degree, Purdue University in the late '60s, what he might do differently if he were to be a student again, some of the interesting jobs he had post-graduation, how students can put a Liberal Arts degree to work, his time as a CIA systems programmer, why it is that engineers and programmers are often leaning on the philosopher in the room, the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, and how philosophy has helped him in his business career.The 2018 Scholl Lecture was given by Jenann Ismael, Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. You can see her talk here: "Some Thoughts on Time, Totality and Transcendence" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.