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Wow, gotta love the recent MS fanfic. Ballmer was just an average sales jock along for the ride. Edit: Seems like I was proven wrong. Assumptions are... assum

• FanaHOVA 2y ago
  I don't have a strong opinion on his tenure at MSFT, but I don't know many sales jocks with a 1600 SAT score and a degree in applied math from Harvard.
  • mixmastamyk 2y ago
    Effective sales and marketing is more dependent on math than most people realize.
    • lysace 2y ago
      ...how? I get that it correlates with intelligence, but with math, specifically?
      • mixmastamyk 2y ago
        Lots of metrics to analyze and statistics to crunch. Knowing where to focus the schmoozing is as important as the schmoozing itself.
        • lysace 2y ago
          :-)
  • lysace 2y ago
    Good point. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/6/4/personable-ballmer-leads-college-extracurriculars-microsoft/ https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/6/4/personable-ballm... > In high school, Ballmer scored a 1600 on his SATs and was a National Merit Scholar. Would the Crimson verify this or just trust the claim?
    • vlovich123 2y ago
      He's listed on their page: https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/interior.aspx?sid=1758&gid=2&pgid=416 https://www.nationalmerit.org/s/1758/interior.aspx?sid=1758&...
      • lysace 2y ago
        Thumbs up.
• itsoktocry 2y ago
  >Ballmer was just an average sales jock along for the ride. Classic "nerd" prejudice; Ballmer was not dumb.
  • wetpaws 2y ago
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