Comments on: S&P 500 CEO’s: Engineers Stay at the Top

By: Engineers Again Shown to Lead More Companies Than Other Disciplines » Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:35:16 +0000

[...] have written previously about the fact that more S&P 500 CEO’s are engineering majors than any other discipline. The group putting out those studies have stopped doing so, unfortunately. There is a new study [...]

By: John Ricky

John Ricky — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:28:02 +0000

Reason why more engineers make to the top positions is that they have two kinds of skills: first, they may have natural aptitude in management, second they learn practically throughout their degree program. The fact that business schools either online schools or regular schools don’t add much to the managerial skills more than the innate potential of a person means that from managerial point of view ENGINEERS and MBAs are more or less same. Since hiring engineers give an added advantage, companies more often go after the engineers. No wonder, online engineering schools are sprouting up at every nook corner.

By: Engineers are the new Currency » Curious Cat Engineering Blog

Engineers are the new Currency » Curious Cat Engineering Blog — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:06:24 +0000

“Engineers are the new currency… having the right engineers that can innovate and deliver is absolutely vital to success… It takes a great team to help the entrepreneur develop…”

By: Career Prospect for Engineers Continues to Look Positive » Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:27:58 +0000

Many countries realize the importance of engineering and have taken steps to compete as a center of excellence for engineering. It is a smart economic policy…

By: Curious Cat Science and Engineering Blog » Engineering Majors Hold 8 of Top 10 Highest Paid Majors

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:34:40 +0000

[...] Another Survey Shows Engineering Degree Results in the Highest Pay – S&P 500 CEO’s: Engineers Stay at the Top – The Software Developer Labor Market – Mathematicians Top List of Best Occupations [...]

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:37:38 +0000

This info doesn’t come to a surprise to me. I agree with Henry; most of the engineers I know have a very structured mind, are very pragmatic and have a good sense of reality.

By: Henry

Henry — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:03:03 +0000

Engineering degrees provide a “can do” learning basis. Practically, CEOs with engineering qualifications are sought to provide not just a management trait, but also to be able to replace and properly guide subordinates. Management just for the sake of management is kind of obsolete. We not only have to know how to run a business, but also how it works and how to manage it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:54:08 +0000

i think this is interesting and good news. engineers can do lots of things, they are built to be problem solvers. and if you can learn about all the things engineers need then it should be easy to expand into other things.