General education - was RE: [sdiy] Horowitz/Hill

[Bert Schiettecatte]

Hi all,

I can only add my opinion to this discussion on electronic 
engineering studies and degrees: I have a computer science 
degree from a respected university and a master of arts in 
music science and technology. I'm currently in a PhD program 
in EE. After all this studying, I can tell you all that 
all this theory only got my a decent background to build upon. 
I have almost zero electronics knowledge, and I've realized 
that software development in the 'real world' is still miles and 
miles away from the software development assignments (sometimes 
projects worth a year of programming) I got at the university. 
I'm happy I invested in my education, but sometimes I wonder 
if I shouldn't have used the internet to study only what I'm 
interested in, my own way. 

Just my 2 cents. 

Bert.