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Re:The Roots of Lisp (2001) by fouc on Thursday January 16, 2020 @05:06AM (#22063144)
Yet some of the most successful business people seem to be good at tech. I heard that half of the CEOs of the top 500 fortune companies have a STEM degree.
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Re:The Roots of Lisp (2001) by Hendrikto on Thursday January 16, 2020 @05:28AM (#22063257)
My guess: STEM degrees require and foster critical thinking, logic, and abstraction skills, which are all very conducive to being a good business person.
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Re:The Roots of Lisp (2001) by allenu on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:17PM (#22066579)
There might be some survivorship bias in there if STEM fields are more successful than others, naturally leading to more STEM leaders, or more opportunities for leaders to form.
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