Matt O'Toole wrote:
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> "spam hater" <
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>> S. Anderson wrote:
>
>> > Well, Reeper, my advice is become a doctor/dentist/lawyer/broker!!!! Engineering can be an
>> > un-inspiring, difficult, grinding, boring un-rewarding life, and it gets worse after you
>> > graduate! Seriously, engineering is great if you really love engineering. If you don't, it can
>> > be a tough life: lots of travel, tight deadlines, not great pay compared to other professions
>> > such as dentist/lawyer/doctor. I don't know for sure, but I doubt there is much engineering
>> > future in North America for bicycle stuff. Most of what you buy is engineered in foreign
>> > countries I suspect. That's not to say there isn't something you could do, but I'm not sure if
>> > you could say it's a great market. You'll have to balance doing what you love and doing what
>> > pays the bills, but don't ever give up on a dream.
>
>> Many of the 'cons' you mention here are what I enjoy about my career.
>> * Being told to attempt the impossible, and pulling it off!
>> * Having the vision to try something new when others (read management) say 'We don't do things
>> like that here!' and then doing it succesfully.
>> * Having the balls to stand up for what is right, even when marketing dweebs promise too much.
>
> I agree. Furthermore, I'd give my eye teeth for a trip to Taiwan on someone else's nickel -- even
> the crappiest corner of it.
>
>> Yeah.. that has been my job, and it has served me well. I wouldn't want to be a dentist/doctor
>> (have YOU priced malpractice insurance lately? And besides, HMOs are taking the away the concept
>> of 'medicine'), nor a lawyer (I have ethics!).
>
> There are pluses and minuses to any job, but if you're really into your work the minuses don't
> matter. It's really about lifestyle choice -- what do you want to do with yourself when you get
> out of bed every day? What kind of people do you want to be around? What do you want to fill your
> head with?
>
> If you're already designing and building things for yourself, reading all the technical journals
> and books you can get your hands on, and keeping track of numbers like your car's gas mileage,
> etc., then you're probably well on your way to being an engineer. But if your eyes glaze over
> while reading Scientific American, if you find things like computers and VCRs frustrating, and if
> you hate math, then you're probably not cut out for
> it.
>
> Matt O.
Actually,
My eyes glaze over reading most of the tripe posted on r.b.r. I have no prbolem discussing Keynesian
Economic or Partial 3rd-Order Differntial Equations (Thank you, Butterworth, for helping to make
thier use possible! )
Joe 'Former audio-geek turned software developer' Cipale
P.S. - To all of you who requested a copy of my linux-based training log, I will be posting a copy
of it for download in the next few days. I have been making some changes and fixes prior to
creating the tarball for distro.
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