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Article #749Re: HOW OLD are you?
From: SFTV_troy
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:02
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:02
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Phil Kane wrote: > On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35:59 GMT, nospam@nospam.com (Don Pearce) > wrote: > > >>> >> He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand synchronous > >>> >> detection, which may predate single side band, pre 1952. > > He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand three-phase > power generation and transmission as well. Learning all that was > necessary before we could learn electronics in every major engineering > school. That was optional at Penn State. I never took it. > >>I didn't say it was. I said ANALOG theory was. Digital of course > >>still has relevance. > >> > >But every digital device is full of analogue devices. Not only that, > >but they run so quickly that you need to be highly competent in > >distributed circuit theory and microwave design techniques. That is true. I was rather surprised on my last project to discover myself modeling analog signals, instead of digital. Oh well. Times change. > Perhaps after he has 40-50 years of experience -- Doubtful. Engineering is boring; you sit in a damn cube all day long, staring at a computer. I've been saving every penny, such that I will be able to retire at 40-45. Or semi-retire (only take jobs I like). Engineering is dull.
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