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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:00 AM Original message |
Obviously, we need to pay engineers a LOT more money! |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. I didn't know liberal arts was the way to become a millionare. Shit, wish you told me that before |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Well, only a very few liberal arts majors make it big. There's |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:06 AM Original message |
An MBA is not a "liberal arts" degree. Perhaps your confusion begins here... nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. I stand corrected! |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
9. MBA are not likely to have engineering Bachelor's degrees |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. My husband has a degree in engineering management, the MBA equivalent. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:37 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. A Masters of Engineering Management is unlikely to get you into top management |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Did you mean to respond to my post with this non sequitur? An MBA is not a "liberal arts" degree, |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. MBA is a professional degree, post Bachelor's degree. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:33 AM Original message |
You seem to have misread article you've quoted; a "BBA" is not the same as a "BA" |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
27. The Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in a Business major is usually a terminal degree |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Then perhaps quote an article that *agrees* with the point you are trying to make (such as it is)? |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oil co engineers make darn good money |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Aha! but how much money do oil company executives make? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. The hallucinations seem to starting early this morning. Look at the colors, children! |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
6. No.. It's the MBAs that end up as executives.. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
7. I think you're thinking of MBAs, which are the root of a lot of problems in business today. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:17 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Perhaps our business schools need reforming. (nt) |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. My husband (a mechanical engineer) would agree with you. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:20 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. My son has a BS Chemical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. He may be hugely disappointed. |
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flamin lib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
15. The other problem with being an engineer today is the H1B visas. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. You're an engineer? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Me too! |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Isn't it strange how it runs in families?? |
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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Mine too. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Doomed in the cradle! |
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NotThisTime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Don't tell my kid that, he thinks maybe he might go into law & break the cycle or chemical |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
23. No wonder I've always liked you |
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FSogol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
24. As an engineer, I wholeheartedly agree. n/t |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. I think personality/temperament may play a role too |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. No, we get into trouble because technical decisions aren't being made on technical merits. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. I like that phrase - it's the most succinct version of Murphy's Law |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
31. K & R! |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
32. How about paying the people actually doing the work? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 11:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. +1 and listening to them which didn't happen in this case... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Clearly, your brother was dealing with an engineer who had gone to the Dark Side. |
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