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Re:Former GM exec, Bob Lutz: Fire the MBAs and let the engin... by bobthebee on Saturday July 09, 2011 @10:26PM (#2746859)
Pointless generalization. Engineers have their place: as individual contributors without customer facing roles. Not at the top or any management position.
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Re:Former GM exec, Bob Lutz: Fire the MBAs and let the engin... by pbreit on Monday July 11, 2011 @05:28PM (#2752574)
Why would you generalize about engineers administrating business?
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Re:Former GM exec, Bob Lutz: Fire the MBAs and let the engin... by samyzee on Sunday July 10, 2011 @12:21AM (#2747025)
"customer facing roles" and "management positions" sound like the shitty corporate bureaucracies which engineers want to stay from.

The corporate culture of exploiting engineers will soon come to an end.

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Re:Former GM exec, Bob Lutz: Fire the MBAs and let the engin... by orborde on Sunday July 10, 2011 @01:45AM (#2747141)
> The corporate culture of exploiting engineers will soon come to an end.

That seems exceedingly unlikely. Care to elaborate?

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Re:Former GM exec, Bob Lutz: Fire the MBAs and let the engin... by Helianthus on Sunday July 10, 2011 @05:01AM (#2747383)
corporations will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.

if you believe the revolution is coming, that statement is therefore straightforward.

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