Systems'Engineering'Beyond'Aerospace'and'Defense

April 10, 2018

A myth about the development of Systems Engineers is also easy to believe.  Some!believe that it takes too long to educate and train Systems Engineers.  Some!would even argue that it takes 15 to 20 years to produce a good Chief Systems Engineer. Yes, this may be true in some cases, but you have to  consider a few facts. While!some would question the value of an undergraduate program in Systems Engineering because the students may  not have real world scar tissue, 1these programs do exist, they provide high quality education, and their graduates are hired by industry.

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