Ivan,
Where are you from?
I just wander if the EE degree matters if you can do
the job.
Are you treated differently if you don't have Masters
in engineering?
Mira
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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kathy Quinlan wrote:
> > I hope things have changed (I did my tech work 15
> years ago now lol (I
> > feel old at 30)) maybe I will find out if the
> business ever slows enough
> > to think about taking time out for formal study
> ;)
>
> You feel old at 30? I'm 41, and the only time I
> feel old is when I think
> about how the future isn't what it used to be when I
> was a kid. We were
> supposed to have unlimited clean energy, bases on
> the moon, and human-level
> AI computers by now. Instead, we are fighting wars
> born of ancient
> religious hatred, building more coal-fired power
> plants, pulling fabric off
> of 30-year old spacecraft, and struggling with
> computer tech that is
> thousands of times more powerful but still dumb as a
> rock.
>
> Well, that and also being unable to fathom the
> appeal of some current
> trends (reality tv, text messaging, etc.).
> Otherwise, I might as well
> still be 25, in my mind.
>
> If the above rant seems US-centric, it is, because
> that's where I am.
>
> As for formal study, if you think you want to stay
> in the EE field, you
> should consider a formal degree. I am glad I got my
> EE degree. It made me
> more "complete". I did not get the EE degree
> primarily so I could get a
> job, I did it more for personal fulfilment. The
> practical aspect of having
> the EE degree is that you have more credibility to
> the "suits". This will
> always be the case. The suits do not understand EE,
> therefore the only
> criteria they can use to judge you by is the EE
> degree. Even if you decide
> to start your own business, as I did in the early
> 90's, the EE degree will
> come in handy to impress your prospective customers.
> They also do not
> understand EE, and can only look at the EE degree to
> judge you by.
>
> Getting an EE degree is a lot of work, even for
> someone with a lot of
> practical electronics experience. So I would advise
> it only if you plan to
> stay in the EE field.
>
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