I'm slightly afraid that if I pursue electronics as a career, I will no longer
enjoy it as a hobby...  I'm likewise afraid I'd get stuck doing electrical work
where there is no change.  I feel like I have to keep learning new things to
enjoy it...

-Adam

Tjaart van der Walt wrote:
>
> "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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