[sdiy] Horowitz/Hill

[Wayne Dubois]

Amen, and a humble 'Aw, Shucks' and 'Thank You" to Mr. Richter.

 - Wayne Dubois (who's spent the past 20-odd years as one sort of a tech or
another, and only recently 'upgraded' to 'Electrical Designer', i.e.:
Engineering Tech!)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Richter" <grichter at asapnet.net>
To: "Glen" <mclilith at charter.net>; "Thomas Holley"
<thomasholley at adelphia.net>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; "Tom May"
<tom at tommay.net>
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Horowitz/Hill


> > I don't have an engineering degree, but was trained as a technician. It
was
> > a two year course. The first 1/4 of the course was almost entirely math,
> > peppered with real-world electronics problem-solving examples, and some
DC
> > circuit theory. We did some simple circuit building to enhance our grasp
of
> > the DC circuit theory.
>
> There are a lot of EEs who do not enjoy electronics. It's just job, and
they
> don't want to think about it outside of work hours. Many of them don't
like
> to touch actual circuitry and consider a soldering iron beneath them (plus
> the have no skill).
>
> I have met a lot of technicians who are genuine enthusiasts and have self
> educated themselves to a broader level than the engineers that direct
them.
> I have many times seen an engineers fat pulled out of the fire by a good
> technician (including me of course).
>
> The business worlds segregation of electronics personnel into engineers
and
> technicians is mainly one of financial accountability and has little to do
> with actual skill or knowledge. That is, if the project is BADLY screwed
up,
> they fire the engineer and keep the techs.
>
> My hat's off to all the underappreciated techs who really keep the wheels
> turning.
>
>