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<p>Don't start threads if you don't want to listen to our advice. Bad attitudes beget lousy managers. Good leadership skills will help the most in your career pursuits if you want to become an engineering manager.</p>
<p>Sure, go to college. Sure, get a degree. But that's kind of assumed. We have no way of knowing how old you are, so we were giving general advice to you, beyond the obvious "get some degrees," since your original, non-question post outlined the majority of the basic routes towards getting a managerial position; any of those are perfectly valid routes.</p>
<p>Being a jackarse won't help you on this forum, and it won't help you get a managerial position, either. Show a positive attitude towards the folks on here and something may come of it. I've fostered friendships with kids on this board and have given them tons of advice, and would be willing to write recommendations (and <em>have</em> written recommendations) for those I've come to know well. Being a goober isn't going to win you any brownie points with anybody, and you never know who you're going to meet on here that may someday be able to advance your career... even if you <em>are</em> just a high school sophomore.</p>