phd doesnt understand how business works and assumes that degrees mean more than relationships
+1
I don't discount the value of a GT degree. But the degree is a launching point and, for the most part, a launching point only.
The degree of success a person has in business will quite often be a product of talent, drive, determination, grit, brains, opportunity, relationships, skill, etc moreso than the degree you obtain.
As an example, one of my best friends is a guy who I met when we coached together years ago. Fantastic guy who is literally brilliant and would also give you the shirt off his back.
His biggest personality flaw...he's a UGA graduate. Now, according to gtphd's logic, he's doomed to fail unless some benevolent GT graduate decides to move him from manning the frier over to burgers AND condiments.
Yeah....except he made over $10 million profit last year alone in his company. His total net worth is somewhere north of $35 million at this point.
I'll make sure to tell him the next time we play golf how stupid he was not to get that degree from Tech.