If I had it to do over I would not pick engineering and I would certainly not pick PCB design. I live in the San Francisco area. Compare paychecks with your average real estate agent and they have engineers beat by 30-50%. Unless you just love the work it's not the field to be in any more. Working for Cisco in the 90s was a great deal. But now it's just another job. Gary Boccoleri Bivio Networks 925-924-8621 www.bivio.net > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:31 PM > >>To: [log in to unmask] > >>Subject: [DC] U.S. students are losing interest in studying engineering > >> > >>This subject hits home with me 'big time'... > >>Check out the article... if you have a moment. > >> > >>http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2005/04/solving_the_eng.html > >> > >> > >> > >>Bill Brooks - KG6VVP > >>PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D.+, C.I.I. > >>Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 > >>e-mail:[log in to unmask] > >>http://www.dtwc.com > >>http://pcbwizards.com > >> > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > >>--------- > >>DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using > >>LISTSERV 1.8d > >>To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text > >>in > >>the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. > >>To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET > >>DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) > >>Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > >>> E-mail Archives > >>Please visit IPC web site > >>http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional > >>information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 > >>ext.2815 > >>---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > >>--------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------