<p>Of course I am in Industrial Engineering because I want to be a manager. I would say 99% of the people in my program are doing it because they want to be managers, who wants to work on a factory floor for 30 years?</p>
<p>In all honesty, some of the best skills I have acquired while working in corporate America have nothing to do with technology or knowledge of any subject.</p>
<p>The ability to pitch bull**** with good Powerpoint presentations and the proper use of buzzwords like ROI, exit strategy and value-added is probability one of the most important skills any professional can have.</p>
<p>You have to be disliked or sometimes even hated in order to be a successful manager especially in a manufacturing/industrial environment and I can see myself being disliked by a lot of people.</p>