[Steely Tom]

One of my Haaavahd MBA big bosses wanted us to eliminate one of the bakes in the photolithography process to save a half hour in the step.

I'd go with that. Probably you could have eliminated a couple of layers too, would have done a lot for your throughput. He could have really justified his existence.

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As luck would have it, one of his engineers quit, moved to Silicon Valley, persuaded his new bosses that the company was ripe for the picking, and came back as the new CEO.

The Haaaavaahd MBA actually thought the new owners would keep him!

He had no idea that the engineer he couldn’t stand would be back, and would fire him in front of the whole company.

And that engineer?

Last I checked, he runs a $1.166 BILLION empire.