BillW said

>All those negatives aside, the "hands on hardware" knowledge of a typical
>crop of "computer science BS's" is pretty abysmal

one thing to beware: once your organization finds out you can actual get a
custom LCD to work or something, you will be writing drivers for the rest of
your life. kiss those sexy GUI jobs goodbye. personally, I figure a couple
of buttons is all the interface a sane user needs.