I've decided to become an electronic designer as a career choice: any advice?

[Spehro Pefhany]

Actually, I didn't actually throw up, I only thought I was going to -
I felt my gorge rise, I handed the guy the wand of the shop-vac that
I thought I would be vacumming up water with, and ran, but by the time
I got outside, I was able to hold it back - I was out of the smell and
didn't see it any more. I also almost threw up when I tried some
menudo once, and I bit down on a big chunk of fat, but it turned out it
wasn't fat, it was tripe. BARF!

What the heck else would you expect to find in menudo? It's a hangover
cure, you know, that's why all the places in CA sell it on Sundays.

Thanks,
Rich

Here's some stuff to gag on. Check out the pickled pork rinds and the
cuitlacoche:

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Paul Burridge]

Here's some stuff to gag on. Check out the pickled pork rinds and the
cuitlacoche:

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php

"Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, it is not safe to know."
- d'Avenant.

 

[Peter]

Hi all,
I've come to the conclusion that I'm good at electroniks and would
welcome any advice about how to succeed at it as jim thompson has
done.
thanks,
p.

I live in the UK too, Paul.

Originally, I started playing with ECC83s, EF80s, EL84s, OC72s, OC35s
etc behind what was called the Iron Curtain, 1960s, then came to the
UK and moved on to BC109s, 709s and 741s. Also 807s and pirate radio
transmitters Much later, moved on to programming micros; in the
mid-1980s so a little too late to get in on the big wave when
everybody was modernising their products. But I started my own
business so was able to do what I wanted.

I think someone really good in electronics, especially understanding
analog stuff, is going to be very busy. Very very few people here,
under about 50, understand electronics, and most of those are either
retired, or want to be, or have moved to "management" so long ago they
have forgotten it.

It's a great career, and - provided you stick to niche markets - every
year that goes by it's easier to outperform the competition, which
just seems to get dumber and dumber. Especially if you start your own
business and design your own products. I've made loads of money
because I can design something that draws 3mA, while my competitors
(mostly in the USA) have never managed better than 20mA. I don't
understand why they can't but I suppose they just buy off the shelf
chips, with no imagination. I employ someone who grinds off the key
component markings with an engraving tool

In the UK, it's harder to get a well paid full time job in
electronics, because engineers are not valued much. So, it's back to
running your own business.

And it's never been easier to do! I don't actually do this (have a
slightly bigger business now) but you can make a super living just
selling clever products off your website, with no salesmen, no
distributors.

Today, I spend too much time running around, and would like to retire
so I can get back to hardware and firmware development full-time.

Peter.