From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 10:07:48 MST
In a message dated 4/2/02 2:33:52, ml@gondwanaland.com writes:
>BTW, I'm surprised nobody mentioned the business or related (e.g., econ)
>degree. Such should allow one to obtain a job that involves some mix of
>helping and interacting with people, using analytical skills, and fairly
>rapid feedback.
I didn't mention it for 2 reasons:
1) An undergraduate degree in business/econ doesn't open many
doors. You need an MBA or econ PhD for that. If you're good
your degree doesn't matter - but then your degree doesn't matter.
2) I think business operations are very abstract with a long feedback
time to see benefits. Lower level jobs have a lot of paper pushing.
Higher level jobs have a lot of planning - which can be fun but you
often never know whether you made the right decision - no control
group. And, especially in larger companies, benefits are spread
over a large # of people and you don't get to experience them
directly.
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