Originally Posted by JonLaw
But then you get done, look at your engineering diploma, and say to yourself: "This is of absolutely no value to me. That's five years of my life I'm never getting back. I should have majored in business."

I looked at my engineering classes and realized that to go further, I'd have to know more math. I switched majors and it was a lot of fun. When I rounded out my electives in the physics and engineering departments, the problems in those classes were trivial.

When I worked on my MBA, the people with quantitative backgrounds had the highest GPAs, too.

There is really no substitute for a strong math background in any field.