Entering Business with Industrial Engineering Degree

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>Im graduating in two weeks with a degree in Industrial Engineering from University at Buffalo and currently have 1 internship under my belt. After working at this internship I realized it's not something I want to do for the rest of my life due to how quickly they cap out (financially). It doesn't allow too many opportunities to move up in to a company. I see some of my friends who graduated 5-6 years ago are still in the same position that they started in engineering. </p>

<p>I want to eventually work where I have opportunities to move up in the career. So I want to know what would be my best option to enter into Business setting where I can use my engineering degree. I don't have a solid GPA to start with. And as far as going to MBA school, its not an option right now due to financial reasons. But any idea or experience with this would be really helpful.</p>

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<p>You must have interned with the wrong company. Industrial engineers are quite capable of rising to the highest levels. Look at a list of CEO’s and COO’s of major companies and you will find many have IE degrees. As for your friends who are stuck in the same position, that’s probably more due to their job performance or personality than their IE degree. </p>

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<p>Have you considered working for a couple of years then get an MBA? </p>