Well, first, ALL governments are bad. Its in their nature. I'd like to=20
reign ours
in some, too. A governent is like a fire- it can warm you, provide some=20
light on a dark night, and scare away the wild animals- but unless=20
CAREFULLY watched, it can also
burn down your forest, your house, and everybody in it. From time to time,=
=20
people have to band together, put out the fire, and rebuild the forest.=20
That's what history teaches SO well. And, sadly, evil people are drawn to=20
government by the intoxication of power, so can't be trusted.

Now, about a job. Of course you have to have money, but engineering will=20
never make you rich.

Most of us won't talk about it, but in truth, our profession is an=20
honorable calling. Our designs cause our companies to survive or fail; you=
=20
can't talk or "spin" your way out of a bad design, you have to FIX it. When=
=20
every department has generated their excuses, guess which one hasn't any?=20
(I have a marble sign on my desk that says "THE BUCK STOPS HERE', because=20
it does.) It is not a job for the faint of heart, for sometimes many hours=
=20
are spent before the proper design comes into being. It is an art form,=20
pure and simple, because there are millions of ways to construct an=20
electronic design that will sorta work, but some are better and work well,=
=20
and a FEW- a VERY few- are brilliant. I wouldn't do anything else but be an=
=20
electronics engineer..(Secretly, I always wanted to be a gynacologist.).

Hang in there. Things are beginning to improve here, albeit slowly. The=20
world has been hit by a series of blows, 911 and the stock market being two=
=20
important ones. I happen
to know that Venezuela's phone company was going to design its own switch=20
gear about 2 years ago. Have you talked to them? More than 50 PCB different=
=20
designs.

Actually, bilingual engineers are hard to find. You might be able to get a=
=20
job selling for US or Japanese high tech companies down there.

And, GOOD LUCK!

--Bob

At 11:20 PM 5/31/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>  I recently finished my studies and I graded as an Electronics Eng. After=
 a
>5 complete years of study and hard work I got finished my primary goal. I
>took all posible classes, made thousands of practices, built tons of
>circuits (for classes, for personal use and for fun!) and pass all the
>required tests. Now I have to deal with the working field and I have to say
>I am somehiw dissapointed. I live in a small South American country called
>Venezuela. Our country is incredible beautifull, extremely rich (in
>oil -huge amounts of oil- , aluminun, iron, even gold) but we have had the
>WORST governments for the last 100 years. These days there is a 25%
>unemployment rate ( 6.250.000 of 25.000.000 people) and growing. I have=
 been
>trying to make job contacts TWO years before I finished but everything is
>useless. I have good grades, lot of developing experience (mostly by myself
>I admit), I speak two languages (a plus here in my country), I=B4m a fast
>learner and I love my career, but the market is pretty bad and I think it
>will get worse. How were your experiences (for people in non-first world
>countries)? What do you think about this (for everyone)? What could you
>advice to me? Sorry for bringing this topic on the list but I really needed
>to talk about it....
>
>*Carlos*
>
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