• Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      Some of the worst people I have ever worked with are engineers who went on to get MBAs. They often can do neither business or engineering but are thrilled to lecture you about both.

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      12 hours ago

      I took a couple classes at the business school and was surprised by how many business majors were people who’d originally been in the engineering school but flamed out when they tried taking Organic Chemistry. It seemed to be one of College of Engineering’s early required classes and I think they used it to weed out students.

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      15 hours ago

      because Business and Economics have been sold as a science when they truly fucking aren’t