Selling the major (downriver)
It seems that a lecture has not gone by without the Managment Science teacher talking about how much money we could be making with the knowl
edge he's bestowing upon us. There is open talk of 6 digit salaries out of college, us being highly sought out management [science] consultants, and us someday going on to do something great : making a lot of money. The flashy graphics on the on the
left and top suggest that this is somehow an attainable goal, that people like to stare at pretty [old] computers with lots of numbers on the screen and there's a lot of teamwork going on. Let this not be misconstrued as positive reflection on the web [design] team, but the pictures are very suggestive.
However, sad reality remains that this is being taught to Business Technology Management majors (see InfoSys kids). This is an overestimate of all firms hiring from Poly. Consulting firms are strangely missing. But hey, being a management science analyst consultant for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority is surely just as great. Oh wait ... you need an EE or Civil degree for that. Wait, maybe its just what Lockheed Martin/Knolls was dying for ... nope. How about BAE Systems ... no, even the most inept of HR personnel will distinguish between a BTM and CS degree. Hey there's always Financial sector, but we've already discussed that. It's a guaranteed path to becoming a (2) aspiring to be a (1).


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