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615dawg	Re-hashing an earlier thread (alumni that just don't care)		Lead	[-]
Posts: 1013 04/13/09 10:10 AM	Tags : None I was out of town for the three day weekend and wanted to chime in. I am a software engineer and work in an open office situation with another software engineer and a female trainer. The trainer went to MC, but has a master's from State. She is a huge State fan. Junction every football weekend. Goes to drivable road games. That being said, its just football. When we were playing in the NCAA Tournament, she had no idea nor did she care. Conversely, the other software engineer is your typical non-sports engineer type. When the girl and I were talking about the Mullen hire he went on a 20 minute spill about how he despised sports, with reasoning being that when we had a Thursday night game he wasn't able to park at Butler hall and he actually wrote a letter to Portera, all of the trustees and the governor about how he was turned away from going to Butler Hall to do classwork. Then it was "of course it didn't do any good." This guy also has two kids and despises that his wife makes him let them play soccer. "Sports are so stupid." is a regular phrase that is uttered from him. When I lived in Nashville, I worked with a MTSU grad that was a Tennessee fan, a Trevecca grad that was an annoying Kentucky fan and a Nashville State Community College grad that was even more annoying as an Alabama fan. Her facebook status is now "My son was just accepted to the great University of Alabama. This is my proudest day." I wanted to reply by saying its just like MSU - anyone can get in, its getting out thats tricky. Luckily we never lost to Alabama while I worked there.
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dawgstudent	Why anyone would choose...	#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 16338 04/13/09 10:12 AM The Godfather	to go into the worst smelling building on campus on their own accord is beyond me. I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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615dawg	It smelt horrible back in 1997.	#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1015 04/13/09 10:21 AM	I always felt out of place in there, even though I had the same major as all of the weirdos that were either in Butler or playing Dragon games in the Union. My boss has commented that the CEO of our organization has said that I'm not like the others, I'm actually social and can speak English when talking about things. My field is full of douchebags.
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Optimus Prime 4	we have an engineer running our Sales division now	#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6683 04/13/09 10:42 AM Cobra Kai Sensei	it's a huge clash of culture. It can be pretty awkward.
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vh dawg	Butler Hall....	#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4844 04/13/09 10:53 AM Your Guitar Hero	....when I finished my Microprocessors class in the summer of 1998, I swore that I would never again set foot in that building, and have not. -VH "I'm so depressed I can't even blink." - Bill Dauterive "This certainly is not acceptable at the University of Florida. We've got to get better." - Florida AD Jeremy Foley, 10/23/2004 "I've watched tons of football and I made a 24 on the English section of my ACT, so watch who you're calling dumbass, dubmass. Queer." -BiggerFeces GO STATE!!
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615dawg	Wow	#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1016 04/13/09 10:56 AM	I could not sell you water if you were on fire. Can't imagine an engineer-type running a sales department.
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Optimus Prime 4	It's interesting. He's a strictly numbers type guy	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 6684 04/13/09 11:04 AM Cobra Kai Sensei	and not exactly great on the phone with customers. He's not scared to change things around if they aren't working though.
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The Big Slick	When you get large group of people togethor who's idea of taking a bath..	#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 981 04/13/09 11:52 AM	is going for a swim in the Ganges, a river with 120 times the fecal bacteria considered safe for humans, you've got a recipie for disaster.
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cowbell9	My Pop is the same way. He has 6 letters after his name...	#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5885 04/13/09 12:25 PM	...and was a Dept head for 30 years. Man couldnt sell air freshener in a shit factory. I always told him..." You make it, I'l sell it". "A loss will be good for us in the long run" Frances Drebin "I've had a handfull of man-crushes with players" Rebelbruiser 1/30/08
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McMeat	Funny how things work out.	#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 290 04/13/09 02:53 PM	Take for instance Stallion. He has the mind of an engineer but is in the sales business, and does well. But talking with the guy you would think he could sell pussy to a troop train.
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dawgstudent	Surely you jest...	#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 16348 04/13/09 02:54 PM The Godfather	Stallion boasting?? Come on. I support the two most frustrating teams in America: The New Orleans Saints and the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
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davatron	That didn't meet in Simrall?	#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1073 04/13/09 03:28 PM	Wow ECE curriculum really has changed over the years.
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davatron	I would have a hard time selling something that I designed because	#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1074 04/13/09 03:30 PM	I would know all the different ways the thing could fail.
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DynamicDawg	I understand.	#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 574 04/13/09 04:15 PM	615dawg wrote: I always felt out of place in there, even though I had the same major as all of the weirdos that were either in Butler or playing Dragon games in the Union. My boss has commented that the CEO of our organization has said that I'm not like the others, I'm actually social and can speak English when talking about things. My field is full of douchebags. I changed my major from EE to a double major in Accounting and Finance because I couldn't see myself working 45 years with the dorks, dweebs and weirdos in my classes. When Dr. Ball found out I requested a transfer, he had his secretary call me to meet with him in his office. He tried his best to talk me into staying in the department. Told me that I could have been one of the best electrical engineers to come out of MSU. Thanks, but no thanks. I had to go. I graduated and have been in sales ever since. I only remember having one class in Butler though. Almost all of our classes were in Simrall. Then McCool after I changed my major.
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615dawg	I absolutely love what I do	#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1017 04/13/09 04:55 PM	I just don't like the people I work around. I usually make friends with the HR/Training types. There are a couple of sales and marketing guys that I hang out with too. Alas, I don't go to the Mellow Mushroom and drink beer with the guys after work. I go home to my wife.
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vh dawg	Well....	#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 4847 04/13/09 08:38 PM Your Guitar Hero	....the old coot guy that taught the class at that point, Dr. Little, was a CS prof. It was the last or next to last semester that they taught the class based on the 8088 family before moving up to the Intel x86. It was the only EE class I ever took where I sold the book back, so needless to say it was not very useful. -VH "I'm so depressed I can't even blink." - Bill Dauterive "This certainly is not acceptable at the University of Florida. We've got to get better." - Florida AD Jeremy Foley, 10/23/2004 "I've watched tons of football and I made a 24 on the English section of my ACT, so watch who you're calling dumbass, dubmass. Queer." -BiggerFeces GO STATE!!
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Stallion4Tiiigaaahhhs	Advice - focus on what the customer wants	#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1328 04/13/09 08:43 PM Hot Boudin!!!	and then tell him the benefits of your design...don't worry about the flaws. Love all your enemies because you never know when your friends may turn out to be assholes!!!
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Stallion4Tiiigaaahhhs	McMeat...I'm not sure what you mean by...	#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1329 04/13/09 08:45 PM Hot Boudin!!!	troop train...but I have a feeling the Montrose area would be a good environment for that. Love all your enemies because you never know when your friends may turn out to be assholes!!!
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cowbell9	And if that fails.....offer a REBATE!!!!!	#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5892 04/13/09 08:49 PM	closefersureku "A loss will be good for us in the long run" Frances Drebin "I've had a handfull of man-crushes with players" Rebelbruiser 1/30/08
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beachbumdawg		#19	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2033 04/14/09 05:47 AM	as an engineer who has been through Sales Training (technical sales that is) with Trane Co.using this book as a guideline http://www.amazon.com/SPI...id=1239709131&sr=8-2 but they also sent all the new hires to Tyler, Tx for 10 weeks for hardcore Sales Training where they dvd'd everything you did and tore you a new one.....example would be sitting in class and the instructor would point at someone, hand them something simple like a pen and say you got ten minutes and then you are getting in front of the class to sell that to the instructor (all while being recorded and everyone watching) Stallion is right though is selling to your customer wants and needs and the art of asking the right questions *If you think education is expensive, try ignorance!*
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Pony Express	Butler?	#20	[url]	[-]
Posts: 149 04/14/09 05:57 PM	Back in 2000, I could always tell the difference between a Comp. Engineer and Comp Scientist by the damn smell. Maybe the building smelled and the odor got on the kids. Maybe the major had more foreigners than others and that made everybody smell like curry and seaweed. I don't know, but it is funny that others could smell the funk in Butler. Last Edited By: Pony Express 04/14/09 06:02 PM. Edited 1 time.
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Re-hashing an earlier thread (alumni that just don't care)	04/13/09 10:10 AM	615dawg
Why anyone would choose...	04/13/09 10:12 AM	dawgstudent
It smelt horrible back in 1997.	04/13/09 10:21 AM	615dawg
we have an engineer running our Sales division now	04/13/09 10:42 AM	Optimus Prime 4
Wow	04/13/09 10:56 AM	615dawg
It's interesting. He's a strictly numbers type guy	04/13/09 11:04 AM	Optimus Prime 4
My Pop is the same way. He has 6 letters after his name...	04/13/09 12:25 PM	cowbell9
Funny how things work out.	04/13/09 02:53 PM	McMeat
Surely you jest...	04/13/09 02:54 PM	dawgstudent
McMeat...I'm not sure what you mean by...	04/13/09 08:45 PM	Stallion4Tiiigaaahhhs
I would have a hard time selling something that I designed because	04/13/09 03:30 PM	davatron
Advice - focus on what the customer wants	04/13/09 08:43 PM	Stallion4Tiiigaaahhhs
And if that fails.....offer a REBATE!!!!!	04/13/09 08:49 PM	cowbell9
Re: Re-hashing an earlier thread (alumni that just don't care)	04/14/09 05:47 AM	beachbumdawg
Butler Hall....	04/13/09 10:53 AM	vh dawg
That didn't meet in Simrall?	04/13/09 03:28 PM	davatron
Well....	04/13/09 08:38 PM	vh dawg
I understand.	04/13/09 04:15 PM	DynamicDawg
I absolutely love what I do	04/13/09 04:55 PM	615dawg
When you get large group of people togethor who's idea of taking a bath..	04/13/09 11:52 AM	The Big Slick
Butler?	04/14/09 05:57 PM	Pony Express

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