[SI-LIST] Re: Career Advice for a junior EE
- From: "Chris McGrath" <chris.mcgrath@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:37:05 -0800
I can't speak for the employment climate in Ireland, but I have been
hearing for the past 8-10 years that EEs are among the hottest jobs on
the market and this recent link hints at the same thing despite the
rollbacks in the last couple of years:
http://www.graduatingengineer.com/futuredisc/electrical2.html
I also heard there was a recent Wall Street Journal article that echos
the sentiment expressed in this link.
Rather than drag this discussion down to where it usually ends up (the
outsourcing debate) which invariably just turns into a muck raking
extravaganza, I would be interested reading some real resources (not
opinions from those on this list) to compare the industry opinions on
the subject. I don't mean to say that the people on this list are not
useful resources, but I find that most engineers (including myself) are
fairly opinionated but not necessarily full of industry statistics and
trend information.
Thanks,
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Matthews [mailto:john.matthews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 4:30 AM
> To: gsletch@xxxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Career Advice for a junior EE
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> If it's proving extremely difficult to get a relavent job,=20
> then another option is to go back to university (even part=20
> time) and take a masters degree specialising in an area which=20
> will compliment your current skills. I've no idea how easy it=20
> is to do this in the U.S.
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> I did this years ago to get away from working in power=20
> electronics and ended up designing video compressiion=20
> circuits. At the time it was the only way of expanding my=20
> knowledge/capabilities .. I didn't feel it was going to=20
> happen in my job.
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> Your dilemna is typical of many engineers who have graduated=20
> worldwide over the last few years. We see it in colleges here also.
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> The employment market has changed partly due to the=20
> recession/downturn, but also partly due the off-shoring of=20
> design functions to lower cost economies. It's coming back, I=20
> feel, but is not resulting in a any serious creation of new jobs.
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> It raises a question .. would you advise your teenage son or=20
> daughter to study electronic engineering in this climate? I=20
> don't know if I would!
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> John Matthews,
> Hardware Engineer,
> Virtual Access Ireland Ltd,
> Unit 18, Trinity Enterprise Center,
> Pearse Street,
> Dublin 2.
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> Telephone (Direct) 353 1 6041856
> Fax 353 1 6705380
> www.virtualaccess.com
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