Simply; The learning curve on Allegro & Mentor is so great companies don't want to invest in a designers training. Try pitching a couple of week free until till you come up to speed on the new system. Usually you can learn to route traces in a week.. Gary Boccoleri wrote: > This is the best suggestion I've seen. Has anyone else come up against > this problem. In the Silicon Valley right now it looks like 2 or 3 years > of Allegro experience will get you a job anywhere. 20 years of design > experience won't even rate an interview. Do any managers subscribe to > this list? Why are all of the employers gun shy about hiring someone > without experience on their particular system? > > ================================================================================ > Gary Boccoleri Phone: 408-764-5148 > 3Com Corporation E-mail: [log in to unmask] > 5400 Bayfront Plaza > Santa Clara CA 95052-8145 > ================================================================================ > > ->From [log in to unmask] Mon Sep 8 13:32:10 1997 > ->Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 16:39:02 -0400 > ->From: "Moltz, Wayne" <[log in to unmask]> > ->Subject: Re: [DESIGNERCOUNCIL] PCB Design System > ->To: [log in to unmask] > ->Mime-Version: 1.0 > ->Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > ->Content-MD5: gMuHNKzSThmwFmrXzBQ6qQ== > -> > ->In addition to Jack's "Excellent" suggestions, you might consider the > ->following. When hiring a Designer, consider their PCB Design experience > ->over their CAD System experience. Any GOOD Designer can pick up a new > ->system quickly, but not every CAD operator can design PCB's. > -> > ->Wayne Moltz > ->Senior PCB Designer > ->MTCC/Panasonic > ->Suwanee, Ga. -- Lou Dallara Techno Visionary Reduce..Reuse..Recycle http://www.waterw.com/~ldallara http://www.arcosanti.org