James Doucette

Now a software engineer, Jamie credits Great Books with broadening his perspective and equipping him for deeper critical engagement with the defining ideas and systems of our world.

“By directly pursuing the ideas I first encountered at camp, I found myself developing a lasting passion for understanding the foundations of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, where I made my career. Skills from the humanities like organized reasoning, critical thinking and dealing with nuance and ambiguity were (and still are) essential throughout that process.

Inspired by my time at Great Books, I joined a year-long humanities intensive as a freshman at Stanford University and finished with a Bachelors of Science covering mathematics and computer science, a degree which set me up for my work tackling hard problems with talented peers as a software developer today.”