On Sep 30, 12:10 pm, (Michael Black) wrote:
) writes:
I'm 35. Engineer. And you?

I'm curious about the demographic that occupies these groups.

ANd this is a nonsense post.

You've cross-posted it to
rec.audio.tech
rec.audio.car
rec.radio.shortwave
ba.broadcast

Realistically they have nothing in common. Even the last two
are a stretch.

The question has no relevance in the first place, because
there's no context to the point of the question, and once
you cross-post there is nothing at all in common.

You might as well have asked "What did you have for breakfast"
because it would have been just as off-topic to all four
newsgroups, and be just been as nonsensical to the groups
as your actual question.

Michael

Hear Hear Michael Black Hear Hear !

spam with green eggs i am ~ RHF

Phil Kane wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35:59 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand synchronous
detection, which may predate single side band, pre 1952.

He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand three-phase
power generation and transmission as well. Learning all that was
necessary before we could learn electronics in every major engineering
school.

That was optional at Penn State. I never took it.


I didn't say it was. I said ANALOG theory was. Digital of course
still has relevance.

But every digital device is full of analogue devices. Not only that,
but they run so quickly that you need to be highly competent in
distributed circuit theory and microwave design techniques.

That is true. I was rather surprised on my last project to discover
myself modeling analog signals, instead of digital. Oh well. Times
change.



Perhaps after he has 40-50 years of experience --

Doubtful. Engineering is boring; you sit in a damn cube all day long,
staring at a computer. I've been saving every penny, such that I will
be able to retire at 40-45. Or semi-retire (only take jobs I like).

Engineering is dull.

RHF wrote:
On Sep 30, 2:32 pm, Eric F. Richards wrote:

Don't confuse Eduardo, er, "SFTV," he has all the answers.
Oh, "SFTV," 44, computer science and mathematics, and an engineer.
And I use the term with pride and defend against those who misuse it.
Those would include YOU. You are the most childlike 35 year old I've
run across. I know 21 year olds with more maturity.

EFR - I still think SFTV is "Radium". ~ RHF


That's nice.

I find it ironic you call me "childish" in the same paragraph where
you insult me. A true child is someone who lacks manners.

John Slade wrote:

And I agree, that's why I have a nonsense answer. Age has nothing to do
with it. I've met young folk who act really mature and older people who act
like little kids.



I'm seeing a lot of those "older people acting like kids" right here
on this group (insulting one another).

Phil Kane wrote:
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35:59 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:
(sorry, lost attribution follows)
He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand synchronous
detection, which may predate single side band, pre 1952.

He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand three-phase
power generation and transmission as well. Learning all that was
necessary before we could learn electronics in every major engineering
school.

Hmmm. When I was an undergrad, electronics usually came after
electromagnetic physics. Power generation and transmission were EE
electives, if not grad courses.

In response to the OP: 46, unemployed software engineer/computer
scientist.

--gregbo
gds at best dot com

On Sep 30, 11:42 am, wrote:
I'm 35. Engineer. And you?

I'm curious about the demographic that occupies these groups.

I'm 48. Engineering/Construction Project Manager. Female.

wrote:
"Karl Uppiano" wrote:
Modulation and information theory are not "passé".

I didn't say it was. I said ANALOG theory was.
Digital of course still has relevance.

LOL! Who do you think developed the devices,
circuits, and layouts for sll those "digital" devices ?
I work with hundreds of *real analog* engineers who
design and build the most popular digital circuits on
the planet. Chances are excellent that the CPU in
the computer you are reading this on was made in
one of the fabs a few hundred feet from my office.

wrote:
I'm 35. Engineer. And you?

I'm curious about the demographic that occupies these groups.


54
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Dirk

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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:02:17 -0700, SFTV_troy
wrote:

He can't be a competent engineer if he doesn't understand three-phase
power generation and transmission as well. Learning all that was
necessary before we could learn electronics in every major engineering
school.

That was optional at Penn State. I never took it.

When I went to engineering school at one of the Big Three there were
no "optional" engineering courses. We had to take, understand, and
pass all courses which were thrown at us or go spend out time
elsewhere. Some of them, such as Atomic Physics, were very obscure. I
knew electronics, but for the power courses I had to bust my hump.
That's why I still remember them and retain some competence after all
the years of doing communications engineering.

Doubtful. Engineering is boring; you sit in a damn cube all day long,
staring at a computer. I've been saving every penny, such that I will
be able to retire at 40-45. Or semi-retire (only take jobs I like).

If you sit in a "damn cube all day long staring at a computer" you
are no more than a designer - the bottom rung of engineering. Do you
get out in the field to see and evaluate your projects "in action"? Do
you have X years of experience or one year of experience X times?

Engineering is dull.

I too found design dull. When I started to do real engineering
(project analysis and management) it was far from dull. If you find it
dull, go do something else that will turn you on, and stop wasting
your time and that of your employer(s).
--
Phil Kane
Beaverton, OR

wrote:
I'm 35. Engineer. And you?

I'm curious about the demographic that occupies these groups.

44. Shower curtain ring salesman.