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Old 08-01-2011, 01:22 AM   #28479
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The more experience the better, even though I'm pretty sure I'm gonna run one of the companies into the ground. Plus, they want me to get an MBA, they don't just wanna hand over these huge companies to me when I'm 25 years old.
The real world gives you far more experience than a classroom ever will ...

Anyway, the way I see it getting things done is all about problem solving. Engineers are fundamentally problem solvers. Ergo, if there is a job that involves problem solving, an engineer is qualified by default.


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If I have the financial means when my kid goes to college, I won't expect him/her to repay me cause I'm their dad. My parents don't want me to pay them for it, which would be kind of odd anyway. I've payed some stuff back to them, but the way I see it college is something your parents try to help you pay for, if they can. I mean, 40 K is SO MUCH money for me, but for them it really is nothing, yet they act like it is.
Help is one thing ... paying for all of it is another
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My sister's dentist's brother's cousin's housekeeper's dog-breeder's nephew sells coffee filters to the company that provides coffee to General Motors......
........and HE WOULD KNOW!!!!
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