On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 2:19 PM Yasha Karant <[email protected]> wrote: > > I fully agree concerning an engineering background. > > However, any good practitioner (with, like Heaviside, credentials > equivalent to both academic intellectual education and practical field > experience, irrespective of formal diplomata -- today, the diploma seems > the most important and a Heaviside probably would be impossible) should > have the requisite software engineering techniques and skills. My
*Hah*. I studied bio-electrical engineering, computer courses were a requirement but not the focus of my interest. A dozen years in the field supporting lab systems gave enough expertise to provide some..... expertise, enough to nearly double my income when I shifted to private industry. There is a great deal of skilled engineering and medicine that I'd much rather be performed by a less credentialed person with more practical experience.
