Getting a good job

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Fri Jun 30 20:40:49 2000

>> I love pointing out to employers that the primary skill of a Phd is the
>> ability to stretch a simple project out to two years, and make it "seem"
>> reasonable to the boss.
>
>That's funny, cause here we see the primary skill of a PhD as taking an
>impossible task and managing to get two monkeys and an engineer who should

Interesting point of view. I personally see no correllation with a Phd, and
the skill sets you describe.
Received on Fri Jun 30 2000 - 20:40:49 BST

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