While these two are similar, I think education really separates these two levels of management. Being an engineer I am more inclined towards being involved in middle management as those are the people who go and get things done at the technical level. Sometimes though it can be frustrating when the business minded upper management leaders expect something to be accomplished within a certain time limit or with a limited amount of resources when in fact they do not understand what the project even entails. I am expecting to see a shift though, in upper management being taken over by engineers as more and more people get advanced degrees and become versatile enough to handle the business aspect as well. This will be very beneficial in terms of the strategic goals of the company converting to efficient and realistic tactics. If this situation becomes more common in organizations then I don’t see why I wouldn’t want to pursue upper management as well, after having proven I am proficient in turning a vision into reality. That way I wouldn’t be asking someone to do something I don’t think I could do myself, which I believe is an important part of management.