Thinking about going back to doing eng

Dont waste your time unless you want to work overseas.

Then again - I hear (from a fellow engineer) there is only 2 percent unemployment of engineers in Australia.

Best you check with the Institue of Engineers they should have accurate figures.

Yes - for some electronics and electrial work there is more oportunity oversea..... but still some electronics design in Australia.

Joe

So you want an early morning pop quiz and late afternoon lab all the rest of the days of your life?

Jim

-- "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, with chocolate in one hand and wine in the other, loudly proclaiming 'WOO HOO What a Ride!'"

--Unknown

"The Real Andy"

** Like where ?

Nauru or Botswana Land ??

....... Phil

Why are you so negative? It's looking like 2007 is going to be one of my "banner" years!

...Jim Thompson

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RMIT in Melbourne ??

...Jim Thompson

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Go self taught and start your own company.. D from BC

On Jun 29, 10:45?am, Jim Thompson

I read or heard about a famous study recently (though I don't recall any of the specifics...)

It followed a few hundred Ivy-League Grads though the course of their careers, and over the course of a couple decades.

It turned out that a suprising and statistically significant number of Millionaires in this group did not actually make their millions doing whatever it was they went to school for. They got it doing what they enjoyed.

So, if your passion is EE, that's a plus. If your passion is owning and operating your own business, that's a plus -- but they are not necessarily correlated. Jim seems to have the best of both worlds.

-mpm

Yes. Check with Phil.

If you like school and can afford it, then go for it. :-)

Although these days, if you can afford to go to school, you should practically be able to retire. ;-)

Good Luck! Rich

WHERE is "The Real Andy"? Aussie?

My bad year was last year... about 10% of normal income :-(

But now I'm having to put customers in queue.

...Jim Thompson

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|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
         America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

Yeah, but you're 'overseas'. ;-)

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

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Jeezus, I didn't expect that sort of response.

How are u guys off for work? Mick C

Better than climbing through peoples roofs (over dead rats) for a living atm. Mick C

Well I was thinking Deakin, where I would be able to finish off what Ive done so far. RMIT is a hole, went there for a short course, was not impressed. Mick C

I was last there in 1986.

...Jim Thompson

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|  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     |
|  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      |
|  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC\'s and Discrete Systems  |    manus    |
|  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             |
|  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  |
|       http://www.analog-innovations.com           |    1962     |
             
         America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

Well I should be so harsh, but the whole atmosphere was of a disused car lot. Mick C

You got it. I write software now. Much better paying in AU.

degree.

If you really want to make it as an EE learn to speak Chinese and then enjoy living in squalor in a one room flat.