mattg3 - 12:26 pm on May 4, 2006 (gmt 0)

Oh, and by the way the gloves are off and I am a real Dr - maybe I got lucky becoming a manager away from the dark side of "the farce". Just a little note if you weren't serious - sorry about that small chip on shoulder!

I was serious about my PhD and there are sureley enough often "bosses" that might have not the relevant theoretical or practical education, BUT it doesn't seem to be like that with Google, since I doubt that so many PhD's in computing science and electrical engineering have no idea what the potential problems of their products are.

Of course a PhD doesn't make you perfect, but if one would have to assess the likelihood, that they understand their company, i'd guess that there is a high enough chance. Higher as if their CEO would have some Harvard MBA or law degree, imo. On the other hand Bill Gates, with mostly practical experience, made it quite big too.