11. Computer Tantrums: Your password must be at least 18,770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30,689 passwords

The technology industry has not only been able to make huge improvements in the past few decades, it has also been capturing a growing amount of educational mindshare,1 thereby producing an even stronger, deeper-thinking overall tech workforce. Computer science (CS) became the most popular undergraduate major at well-rounded Stanford University in 2012,2 and by 2014, humanities programs at Stanford felt so left out they started offering joint majors in which traditional requirements for music or English were mixed with CS courses.3 And at art and design schools around the world, interaction design programs—which teach ...

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