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To: Chi-townChief
However it is absolutely true and most engineers agree with this.
3 posted on 01/11/2006 5:34:30 PM PST by jveritas (The Axis of Defeatism: Left wing liberals, Buchananites, and third party voters.)
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To: jveritas

I've told that to a lot of people a lot of them get highly pissed about it but a high school diploma is more than adequate for many professional careers.


14 posted on 01/11/2006 5:45:38 PM PST by Chi-townChief
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To: jveritas
"However it is absolutely true and most engineers agree with this."

In many cases, this is true. However, if the environment has a lot of innovation, you will find engineers going 'back to the books' if some technical legerdermain is required for a solution.
The bigger outsourcing risk is in areas where products don't necessarily make quantum leaps, and much of the engineering can can take place using establishe specifications, agency codes, Mil-Specs, etc.

Would I recommend such a career as a first choice now? Probably not. Not a lot of appreciation outside the field ( at least until there isn't a product to sell, or resolving a problem requires some actual insight that comes from a technical education ), IMHO.

48 posted on 01/11/2006 7:59:35 PM PST by Tench_Coxe
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