GARTNER/XPO IT SYMPOSIUM — When high school students ask Accenture CEO Julie Sweet what they should study in college, she gives the same blunt answer: “Major what you love.”

However, she adds a caveat:

“Take a technology class.”

This is what you would imagine the CEO of one of the most powerful consultancies in the world would say.

Majoring in any interest a student promotes curiosity and learning. That’s what Sweet told the audience during Tuesday’s keynote address at the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Orlando, Florida.

Before Sweet (pictured in the scenario above) became CEO, she was a general counsel for Accenture. And before that, she was a partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, one of the oldest law firms in the US Sweet applies learning agility and…