This is a presentation I gave at Ignite Ames with the premise of passing along information I wish someone had told me while I was an engineering student.
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1. - Or, What you can learn from a business major. 4/25/2011 1 Ignite Ames Business Major (so cool) Nerd (so not)
2. DISCLAIMER 4/25/2011 Ignite Ames 2 This presentation is full of generalizations and stereotypes regarding nerds, business majors and associated subjects. If you are offended by these generalizations... Have another beer.
15. What’s so important about business? We are all in business. You are a business. Sell your time and effort Get a paycheck Most of us work for businesses. Sell time, effort, goods and services Get a check Who knows business? Those guys! 4/25/2011 8 Ignite Ames
16. They say / We say What a business major says... “C’s get degrees” “It’s done, let’s go out.” What an engineer says... “I know I can get them all.” “This isn’t perfect yet.” 4/25/2011 9 Ignite Ames
18. Our Saturday Night. 4/25/2011 11 Ignite Ames Work damn you! No Beverages No People No Fun
19. What does it all mean? 4/25/2011 12 Ignite Ames ? I’m sad now...… Let’s ask another question...
20. What is Software (or your product of choice) worth? Q: What is a piece of software worth? 4/25/2011 13 Ignite Ames
21. What is Software (or your product of choice) worth? Q: What is a piece of software worth? 4/25/2011 14 Ignite Ames
22. What is Software (or your product of choice) worth? A: Exactly what customers will pay for it. What the hell does that mean? Jerk. FACT: Any product is only as profitable as the market will bear. 4/25/2011 15 Ignite Ames
23. Personal Experience You will be APPALLED, INCENSED, and DISMAYED at the crap your boss says should be released. Toyota Gas Pedals Windows Vista 4/25/2011 16 Ignite Ames
24. Damn it. Your boss is right. Damn it. Why? 4/25/2011 Ignite Ames 17 Fat Stacks o’ Cash even Vista.
25. The Power of Good Enough. “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Voltaire (appropriately nerdy) Unreleased Products make nothing. Crappy products don’t make very much. 4/25/2011 18 Ignite Ames
26. Bottom Line 4/25/2011 Ignite Ames 19 Business is about money. Unreleased Products don’t make money. Good is good enough. I wish someone had told me this when I was an engineering student.
27. Thank You! No business majors were harmed in the making of this presentation. 4/25/2011 20 Ignite Ames