re: Liberal Arts Majors: Did your college courses prepare you for your jobs?

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I know a lot of STEM majors that can't argue their point in a paper worth a shite

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See, I don't think this is the issue, but it's very close to it. Physics and EE graduate...I can write the frick out of a paper, but trying to pitch it to people who haven't read it is just impossible to me. In that, I get judged on the reaction to the pitch, not the actual paper I wrote. I feel like I'm a million miles away from management, or really any decision makers, since they simply act like I'm talking gibberish right off of the bat. Not that I don't know whatI'm talking about, but they simply go stupid after I show the first equation and explain how I manipulated it due to boundary conditions.

If people in management kept some technical prowess, STEM majors would rule the world. It simply isn't the case and business follows those who can argue their points effectively real time. "Can you put this into layman's terms?" No, can you just get a brain? I was tasked with analyzing the process not explaining simple terms and how this effects your little empire. Read the fricking paper. Rant off.