On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 02:49:20 +1200, you wrote: >The BEST engineers come from FIELD Technicians! :) ..or people who have always loved taking things apart, and have enough perseverance to put them back together with a minimum of parts left over.=20 =20 >________________________________________________________________________= ____ >________________________________________________________ > Gareth Bennett garethb@es.co.nz > Systems LMR > Otago/Southland Region > New Zealand >----- Original Message ----- >From: "D Lloyd" >To: >Sent: Friday, 13 April 2001 20:08 >Subject: Re: [OT]: What makes an engineer > > >> >> Hi, >> >> I thought the math was quite good, but then again I pissed it. Having = said >> that, you are correct in it being abstract and I think it would have = been >> better to have been exposed to some more applied material; although I = know >> about z transforms, laplace fourier and avg. > 90% in it, ask me to = apply >> it to some problem and I would be scratching my head for a while, = believe >> me. >> >> I agree about your other points, too. I had a conversation with a = bloke in >> the lab, last week, who was doing his final year project. >> He was moaning that his board only worked now and again. I asked him = if he >> had checked the joints, as one might be dry. >> >> He: "I know those joints are good - I soldered them myself" >> Me : "Did you check them, though?" >> He : "I don't need to....they have been soldered" >> >> End of conversation. >> >> University rarely teaches you the practical side and it shows. >> >> Dan >> >> >> >> >> >> >> (Embedded Intellicorp001 >@MITVMA.MIT.EDU> >> image moved 12/04/2001 08:26 >> to file: >> pic04836.pcx) >> >> >> >> >> >> Please respond to pic microcontroller discussion list >> >> Sent by: pic microcontroller discussion list >> >> >> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU >> cc: >> Subject: Re: [OT]: What makes an engineer >> >> Security Level:? Internal >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I've been to University & College in the UK (actually I've been to 2 >> Universitys & 6 Colleges but thats another story). >> >> What I found was that College prepared you for a job & University >> prepared >> you for research or academia. Hence the University types not knowing = their >> arses from their elbows when first unleashed on the world. >> >> I personally preferred the College approach as any University = Science >> degree invariably degenerates into the most abstract mathematics >> imaginable. >> I passed 2nd year maths at the fourth attempt which tells you how I = feel >> about math ! >> >> Cheers, >> >> Wilson Logan. >> >> >> www.wilsonlogan.com >> >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: >> [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads >> >> >> >> >> -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.