Comments | bonboard: How an engineer in a room full of business majors runs a car company

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How an engineer in a room full of business majors runs a car company

Apr 21, 2009 23:22

So last time I mentioned that I was taking a business strategy course to fulfill a requirement for my MBA. We simulated running a car company for 10 years, at a rate of one simulated year per physical week. The first week was a Mulligan and got rewound so we could get a feel for the simulator, and it doesn't appear in any of the charts below ( Read more... )

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ejwu April 22 2009, 11:27:13 UTC

It's not much of a guess when it's referenced in the linked post.

Just curious - did you learn more about how to sell cars/inflate stock price/maximize grade, or did you just learn how to game the simulation? I know my first instinct would be to try to solve the game.

bonboard April 22 2009, 18:36:43 UTC

The third engineer is referenced in the linked post? I don't see it ( ... )

ejwu April 22 2009, 21:43:35 UTC

Uh, never mind the first question. I can't read.

I think I must have gotten lucky in my AI classes, because I enjoyed most of them and felt like I learned a fair bit.

bonboard April 22 2009, 23:49:58 UTC

I would've enjoyed my AI class a heckuva lot more had I been getting lucky in it.

martian687 April 22 2009, 14:30:13 UTC

You want to come run my company? I don't know what the F I'm doing.

bonboard April 22 2009, 18:39:47 UTC

I do want to come work for you guys, but I also wouldn't know what the F I'd be doing.

Be very, very, very wary of hiring someone with an MBA. I can tell you firsthand that Sturgeon's Law is effect in full force. There's a reason they say that it stands for "Much Bigger Asshole".