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13y ago
It was quite the opposite way for me. Almost all of my engineering courses were in metric. In fact, most of us considered it a 'trick' when english units were used. Conversions for the metric system seemed much more intuitive for me in ma
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I'm trying to enable my trial and am getting "Server error. Try again later" I'm working in Ireland right now trying to use my US account. Perhaps they don't have an out of country error?
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13y ago
I don't think that is the case in many engineering fields at least. A greater presence of smart people sets the bar that much higher for grades/tests/projects. Most engineering courses are based on a curve. If the rest of the class is bri
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14y ago
The issue with competing against SAP/Oracle is the kind of traction they have in the market already. Their contracts are long, and companies spend so much implementing the software that they're not excited to switch. Also, as mentioned som
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14y ago
I actually had the opposite situation growing up and it seemed to help me. I was certainly surrounded by slackers, with a few really motivated people sprinkled in-between. I'd say seeing mediocrity motivated me to differentiate myself and