Mira wrote:
> 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?
I am from the United States. I have a Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering from Florida State University. It is a 4-year degree here in
the US.
Actually, that 4-year degree was the toughest 7 years of my life ;-)
In the US, you are definitely treated differently if you don't have the
degree. Even among 4-year degrees there is different treatment. In the
US, there are 4-year degrees for Electrical Engineering and for Electronics
Engineering. The Electrical is considered more prestigious. I don't know
why, it just is. Perhaps if you are Electrical, you are a "big thinker",
whereas if you are Electronic, you just tinker around with circuits? Seems
silly to me.
As for hiring, most US companies will not hire you for EE-related work
unless you have an EE degree. It doesn't matter if you can do the job
without the degree.
Best regards,
Ivan Baggett
Bagotronix Inc.
website: www.bagotronix.com
Mira wrote:
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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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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