Science and business just don’t mix well together. I have spent most of this week reminiscing about my experiences working for my brother’s farms and boat rental businesses. That’s what it feels like to work for this english school run by a mathematician….. I was under the impression that scientistists were supposed to have some type of logic, that they are gifted with common sense……. right!!! Can you smell sarcasm on my breath?
I have spent most of the past 3 years going over my decision to drop out of engineering and going into finance. Was it the right thing to do? did I quit or was I just being wise? could things have been better if I had been an engineer? Most people are aware that I try to live without any regrets for things done or undone…with this one exception. At this point in time, I don’t think I will be thinking about it anymore. If being an engineer would take away my common sense and my taste for life, then I am better off not being one.
Maybe that is why most of them get an MBA before they step into the business world. They are aware that they can’t cut without acquiring some additional skills and getting their head out of their back end and out of their test tubes long enough to see and understand what is really out there waiting for them. Who knows…