AVR-Chat

Philippe Habib wrote:
> I wish the problem only existed in other country's schools.  A few years ago
> I supervised a 3rd year engineering student intern from a school with a
> decent reputation and although he was a year away from graduating as a EE he
> had never held a soldering iron and couldn't build a simple cable to link 2
> serial devices.  I showed him how to solder and suggested he build some kits
> to get some of the hands on experience any employer would likely expect from
> him in a year.
> 
> Beyond the failure of the school to let him get that far with no real hands
> on lab work, I wonder what made this kid decide he wanted to be a EE if he
> had never even had the interest to do any of it.

My guess is that he heard somewhere that it was an easy way to earn a 
living.

My experience is that for the most part, the people who are best at 
anything are those who truly love that thing for it's own sake, not 
just for whatever $$$ they can squeeze out of it (although that is 
some mighty nice icing on the cake).

Everyone else is merely good at it.


erikc
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and saviour. Unfortunately, we later had to dismiss him for
incompetence, gross negligence, misconduct and consistent failure
to show  up for work.  Not to mention being caught with his hand
in the till..."