I guess I'm not as nerdy as I thought I was.
Posted on 02/19/2006 3:28:40 PM PST by Indy Pendance
Have fun! I'm just a low-ranked nerd.
MBA is great!! That's the smart way to go. Knowing business in the engineering world is so important! A lot of universities offer a joint MS-MBA degree.
A PE can be called as an expert witness in court.
Not all, but a large number of PE's practice in areas which have life-safety ramifications. The failures of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) and the Kansas City Hilton skybridges (1981) are two that come to mind.
I guess I'm not as nerdy as I thought I was.
That must be a new combo. I was torn, MS or MBA, I opted for the MBA because it gave me that fluffy stuff, and in business, it's a value. I'll tell you one thing, getting my MBA was so simple. Nothing like an ug degree in engineering.
There's a specialization!
Airline malfunctions, etc. Anything that would create huge press coverage and the vultures to pounce. The manufacturers of that product will be called.
she's had some fun projects. One was an airport expansion project.
U. Washington and MIT are two universities that I know of off-hand that offer dual degrees. Business classes are fun and easy. I took some evening MBA classes and like you said, they were really simple compared to engineering. But anything is simple compared to some of those stress and strain problems and differential equations.
You know, a PE license is very difficult to study for and pass. I never did, but I know someone who just got her Phd in Mechanical Engineering who couldn't pass it.
I had two finals, 2 semester calc, followed 20 minutes later by 2 semester physics. Boy, was that tough. Not the exams, but changing gears. I'm sure more universities are adapting the mba-eng combo. I'm guessing, but MSOE probably offers it. Engineers need more business, fluffy courses. how to write, etc. I've found, many of my engineers can't write an executive proposal for beans.
Reminds me of the latest Sonic comercial. The one where the husband is explaining to the wife about the 8 brownie bits in a brownie byte!
Hilarious stuff!!!
I sort for them, by looking for ones that are bilingual.
18% scored higher (more nerdy), and
82% scored lower (less nerdy).
What does this mean? Your nerdiness is:
High-Level Nerd. You are definitely MIT material, apply now!!!.
I'm not looking for languages, only if they can master simple english sentences. I figure they've learned the engineering basics and can tweak that skill over time. Some of our trolls here on fr write better than engineers... LOL!
If that makes sense.
It does. I had one semester of college spanish. I learned more spanish in mexico working there for 3 weeks than in an entire semester. (I went often, opening a new plant) I guess it was sink or swim. Luckily, managers in Mexico have to know english. And my handy english-spanish dictionary. But english isn't 'user' friendly like other languages. Spanish rules, for the most part make sense. For example, the vowels are always pronounced the same.
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