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Old 5th Mar 2013, 08:24
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"With an engineered product, one barely needs a sales department, as the product sells itself on the engineering."

How I wish that were true. In reality the airlines set up a competition between Fleet A and Fleet B both of which can do the job, of course.

Engineers may advise the beancounters, but they're not at the table when the winning deal is thrashed out late at night.

Contract negotiators earn more than engineers because they can very visibly earn (or lose) their employer millions.

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