Master of my Domain

[Smackie Chan]

Finished the last of my classes yesterday, and will get my MS in Systems Engineering Management this week in Monterey. Rack me.

[Sirfindafold]

I'm gonna spread that degree across my lawn and watch it grow green.

[Smackie Chan]

I'm gonna spread that degree across my lawn and watch it grow green.

Prolly about all it's good for. If it's true that you get what you pay for, I got nothing.

[Mikey]

Does this mean that you'll have to get a job?

[Smackie Chan]

Does this mean that you'll have to get a job?

Perish the thought!

[smackaholic]

So, just wtf exactly is systems engineering management?

Congrats, anyhoo.

[War Wagon]

Monterey?

What "systems" are you going to engineer and then manage, Smackie?

The sewers and the landfill?

[Mikey]

Monterey?

What "systems" are you going to engineer and then manage, Smackie?

The sewers and the landfill?

Not sure which Monterey you're talking about, but I guess it's not this one.

[Mikey]

Or this one...

http://www.nps.edu/

[Smackie Chan]

Or this one...

http://www.nps.edu/

That's the one.

[Smackie Chan]

So, just wtf exactly is systems engineering management?

The short answer is it's a Masters degree for logisticians who don't have undergrad engineering degrees, although there are some engineers in the program. It's essentially technical program management. A more formal answer is:

What is Systems Engineering?
–the ensemble of coordinated analyses, simulations, and processes that lead to a technical product which best meets the needs of an identified customer.
•What does it mean to manage systems engineering?
–Systems engineering management requires the allocation of resources in a manner that ensures success.
–Resources include funds, schedule, personnel, tools, and environment.
–Proper allocation requires that the manager continuously predicts the future needs of the program and technical hurdles and allocates the currently available resources such that these needs are met and these hurdles are cleared at the appropriate time.

[Tom In VA]

Congrats Smackie.

[War Wagon]

What does it mean to manage systems engineering?
–Systems engineering management requires the allocation of resources in a manner that ensures success.
–Resources include funds, schedule, personnel, tools, and environment.
–Proper allocation requires that the manager continuously predicts the future needs of the program and technical hurdles and allocates the currently available resources such that these needs are met and these hurdles are cleared at the appropriate time.

In other words, what a man with a high school diploma and a working mans phd gathers with a few years of experience on the job... without the student loans.

Props and good luck with that piece of paper.

[Atomic Punk]

Cool dealio Smackie! At least you had a nice area between, adjacent, or left or right of Mt. Tam to further your education.

I know you don't believe my claims of what an LVN can make, but you've looked at base salaries and not mandatory overtime mixed in with "high-risk" work. Gubmint cheeze is easy for a former state employee of almost 6 years of state cervix. I know you'll figure it out... eventually.

[Screw_Michigan]

In other words, what a man with a high school diploma and a working mans phd gathers with a few years of experience on the job... without the student loans.

Yeah, keep dreaming, pitchfork-driving, GED-earning dumbfuck.

[socal]

Rack the Smackie Master.

[Mister Bushice]

So, just wtf exactly is systems engineering management?

Now he has a piece of paper that says he has qualified to tell someone else when to flush the toilet.

[Roger_the_Shrubber]

Great job Smackie!!!!!!

[Cuda]

will get my MS .

You got a wheelchair picked put yet?