Re: I took your advice, Art

Straydog wrote:
I always thought "Ducks" was pretty weak in most of the stuff he ever talked about. I
would have thought an "engineer", in general, should be a pretty sharp guy. I wonder....

Na, he's one of those "Oh, I got a 98% on my Fluids final, what did you
get?"
type of goof ball you meet, from time to time, in engineering who can't
function outside of academics. He's lucky because if he'd ever joined
biotech with that attitude, the biologist in charge would have him
programming his spreadsheets' macros all day, instead of letting him in
the pilot plant to run equipment. You see, every 3D in industry has had
his exam smarts ego bruised within months of joining the ranks.

At best, a one dimensional book smart/linear thinking person can become
an assistant "quant" in finance, assuming that those jobs stay in
greater NYC/London for a few more years. Or perhaps the NSA is a
possibility?

Industry is more for the engineering-business type who knows about
scheduling, operations, meetings, etc which gets him the work he needs
to advance (or even initiate) his career.

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