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Article #761Re: HOW OLD are you?
From: Phil Kane
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:38
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:38
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:02:17 -0700, SFTV_troy <SFTV_troy@yahoo.com> wrote: >> 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. When I went to engineering school at one of the Big Three there were no "optional" engineering courses. We had to take, understand, and pass all courses which were thrown at us or go spend out time elsewhere. Some of them, such as Atomic Physics, were very obscure. I knew electronics, but for the power courses I had to bust my hump. That's why I still remember them and retain some competence after all the years of doing communications engineering. >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). If you sit in a "damn cube all day long staring at a computer" you are no more than a designer - the bottom rung of engineering. Do you get out in the field to see and evaluate your projects "in action"? Do you have X years of experience or one year of experience X times? >Engineering is dull. I too found design dull. When I started to do real engineering (project analysis and management) it was far from dull. If you find it dull, go do something else that will turn you on, and stop wasting your time and that of your employer(s). -- Phil Kane Beaverton, OR
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