prof says engineers are harder to find than managers

[OS]

Prof basically cut up a girl in class that said she wants to "move up" to a manager after being an engineer for a couple years.

"most companies grow managers like rats in a dumpster"

"sure managers get paid a lot to just sit around and look good, but when chopping time comes, they're the first to go."

"when I was working in industry, no one ever raided other companies for managers. But we were stealing engineers from each other left and right. We'd set up like a job fair across the street. Sometimes I wanted to blow up competing companies with the bombs we were making." (he worked in defense)

 

[Ameesh]

most of the managers where i work at are engineers and very good ones at that.

 

[Ferocious]

Good managers are a dime a dozen.

Good engineers are much harder to find.

At least that is how it is where I work.

 

[ArmenK]

Originally posted by: Ferocious
Good managers are a dime a dozen.

Good engineers are much harder to find.

At least that is how it is where I work.

But the girl would have been an engineer AND a manager. Wouldn't this put her in a pretty good position?

 

[imported_Mike]

thats what im going for....major ee minor business, hopefully become a manager at any engineering firm

 

[ColdFusion718]

She'd be an engineer, a manager, AND a female. Not to put anyone down, but females do get better treatment in engineering because there are so few of them.