All, We are getting excellent technical information (very hard to find in published works) out of the 'Even mode, common mode, and mode conversion' thread. This is indeed one of those rare threads with a very, very high SNR. Another issue I thought would be of current interest and importance to the list is the SI job modes. I mean, in this shaky economy where even the VP - Hardware Engineering jobs are targets for restructuring, what is crossing the minds of SI folks? When economy hits big segments of industry big time, a lot of SI fellows - junior as well as senior - are being affected. That aspect, I believe, merits this job related thread. SI people, what is your take on shape of SI jobs to come over next one year. Also, predictions on likely trends of changing SI job modes (networking mode, RFIC/MMIC mode, "optical" mode etc.) appreciated. Best regards, Sainath ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu