English majors rejoice: I presume they are talking about bachelor's degrees. Even back in my day B.A.s in business weren't worth a heck of a lot. Too many business majors were guys who failed out of engineering school. I know I told the story before about taking a statistics class in the business school. In a classroom packed full of B-school types the two best students were me (a psych major, most of whom dread taking statistics!) and the one woman in the class. She probably got an MBA eventually. I obviously did other things. At any rate the bulk of the business majors weren't exactly whizzes at analytical thinking, etc. Might as well hire an English major who can at least write a decent letter.
I'm an Engineer", "I'm not Arguing, I know I'm Right"... Cousin: The best engineers know to admit when they are wrong.
I think my father and brother who were both engineers would live by the slogan, but privately would say that the best engineers would admit when they didn't know what they were talking about!
ETA: Come to think of it, when my brother and I argued, I don't ever remember him saying he was wrong. Instead he'd say something like, "You know, you're right!"
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Date: 2019-09-02 06:46 pm (UTC)I'm an Engineer", "I'm not Arguing, I know I'm Right"... Cousin: The best engineers know to admit when they are wrong.
I think my father and brother who were both engineers would live by the slogan, but privately would say that the best engineers would admit when they didn't know what they were talking about!
ETA: Come to think of it, when my brother and I argued, I don't ever remember him saying he was wrong. Instead he'd say something like, "You know, you're right!"