[JoeSchem]

Why on Earth would a bright person want to become an EE? Oh, because his father thought it would be a good career move . . . the same father who wanted him to go into nuclear engineering, just months before Three Mile Island . . . I'm speaking hypothetically, of course.

[_Jim]

Why on Earth would a bright person want to become an EE?

- or any 'hard science' for that matter - because it gives one a good starting point from which to win technical debates on FR?

[luckystarmom]

Well, my 9 year old son is already getting interested in EE. He is already great on the computer. He just got a science kit where he can build different electrical circuits, and he thinks it's totally great. He's already built a lot of the designs, and he is totally fascinated.

He is gifted, especially in the area of mathematics.

It would be a shame if the EE jobs are overseas because he should be one.

He wants to be an engineer. He wants to build things, and he's great at it.