That's what they were educated as, but unless I'm mistaken they didn't practice those fields for very long.
To end up as president, you have to go through many promotions in the government bureaucracy. Probably stop actually doing engineering work (or whatever) pretty early on. Similar to rising through management ranks in a company.
So the author's point could still stand in the context she present it in: where you are not the boss.
To end up as president, you have to go through many promotions in the government bureaucracy. Probably stop actually doing engineering work (or whatever) pretty early on. Similar to rising through management ranks in a company.
So the author's point could still stand in the context she present it in: where you are not the boss.