What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional companies do not

Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by engineeringwoke on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:26AM (#25727525)

Eh. A lot of engineers really don't have the social skills to navigate the business situations. Some do, sure, and should be given the opportunity to shine. But I would still say the majority don't.

And what kind of "high level physics" do engineers know? A typical masters track doesn't cover the hard maths like in GR, sounds more arrogant than anything... kind of proving my point ;)

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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by ndiscussion on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:19PM (#25733252)

Doesn't this basically argue that "business" is basically the same thing as schmoozing?

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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by engineeringwoke on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @12:38PM (#25750265)

You could argue that people are a more complicated system than any software system you would see in a talented shop, and people change in real time.

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Re:What Silicon Valley gets about engineers that traditional... by princevegeta on Monday January 11, 2021 @09:35AM (#25729288)

tbf doing things like GR or QFT is not even required for a graduate degree in physics depending on your field of research

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