"Sean H. Breheny" wrote:
>
> Hi Tjaart,
>
> I wish I could say that would be likely to happen here. I dunno,maybe I'm
> not seeing the whole picture here,but I have yet to meet an EE student at
> Cornell who is also a real electronics hobbyist. It seems to me that they
> would only express mild interest in such materials at a trade show.
>
> What is perhaps worse than that is the response when I told my EE advisor
> that I was an electronics hobbyist and an amateur radio operator. IIRC, it
> was something like "Ah, I see". In my opinion,they should welcome such
> strong interest in the field with open arms.
>
> Sean

I am currently interviewing applicants for positions in the
development lab. I won't take anyone who doesn't have a
passion for electronics to the point of also doing it as a
hobby.

The worst engineer is the one who studied it because his/her
advisor/parents said so.

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