Richard - If you are a good designer and have mastered Protel or Pads or
whatever, and have good common sense it is very easy to learn another CAD
package. The only difference is the GUI. As far as the process it is the
same on most tools. This should help boost your confidence if for some
reason you choose to leave your employer for the proverbial greener
pastures.

Regards . . . BobCAD




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Howdy everyone,
I'm hoping this will open a big 'ol can' o worms.

Something that has been under my skin for a while now, has been the
ability,
or rather inability to learn and therefore switch to different CAD systems.

Are there any ways to do this?  Luckily, I'm happy at my job, but that's
not
to say I always will be.  I'd like to know how designers have been able to
train on other CAD systems.  My only experience is on Protel, and a little
on Orcad, and then just as much as I've been able to learn from other CAD
vendors' demos.  My company has too much invested in our host system, and
not enough incentive to switch, so I'll never be able to train on other
systems here.  Personally, I'd never be able to purchase a copy of a
Cadence, or Mentor product, so what's a designer to do?

I think it was in an installment of Mary Sudgen's column in P. Circ. Design
(or maybe not) that an engineering manager was quoted as saying:  you can
get practically anyone to learn a design program, but you can't get just
anyone to become a designer.  I wish everyone felt that way, but
unfortunately, I don't have a lot of confidence of being able to convince a
hiring committee of this.

Thanks for all feedback.
Richard

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