[Ben Ficklin]

"If you did that in the business world"

It is often pointed out that MBAs require no actual experience. If you can manage, you can manage any business.

I wonder if Dick Cheney drove a cement pump truck before he got the job at Halliburton?

[brytlea]

For some reason, some of this sounds like sour grapes, or a personal vendetta. Maybe not, but it sure has that kind of ugly feel to it.
susie

[Melas]

It is often pointed out that MBAs require no actual experience. If you can manage, you can manage any business.

Going totally off topic, that's old school. There is a growing school of thought in the business world that the opposite is true, and that it's the true believer that makes the better manager, not the guy with the business school training. It's growing trend with everyone from IBM promoting more and more engineers into management to Trek dumping MBA's for lesser educated execs with true bicycling experience.