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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ I hate the stereotype that engineers are beta nerds and business kids are alpha charismatic salesman. Reminds me of my dumb fraternity brothers who'd rationalize their worthless major and low GPA with the fact they (thought they) had awesome personalities that all these Fortune 500 companies would kill for. Most of them became cold calling schmucks after college. It's 2017, talented kids are ALL OF THE ABOVE.[/quote]

PP here.  No one said that engineers were nerds and business kids were charismatic salesmen or that talented kids couldn't be all of the above -- although I think it's very rare that talented kids are all of the above.   I'm personally not a fan of business majors because I believe with the exception of a technical area like accounting, you can learn business on the job.  But there's a reason why Wall Street investment banks hire liberal arts majors who are neither engineers or business majors ...

My point is there isn't a formula that is going to guarantee a successful life or career no matter who O.P.'s gazillion-dollar friend likes to hire.

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