----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ferrell" To: Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 9:36 AM Subject: Re: EE of the third wolrd... > I believe things are that way all over. > It appears that it is a given that to aquire employment in a technical field > you must be qualified. However, being qualified does not assure employment > opportunity in your specialty. > In the US there are a huge number of unemployed technical people. The > economics are that much of the work has gone to foreign countries where the > expectations of the work force are lower and less costly than in the US. I wish that Venezuela could be one of those "foreign countries" ! > > The result is that many people must work outside their chosen fields. Your > education will still serve you well if that is your choice. > > Less attractive fields always pay better. Field service (rotten hours, poor > working conditions, etc.) frequently pay better than the manufacturing side > of an enterprise. Also, it is difficult to export service to another > country. Service is not a item that can be stock piled or held in inventory. I have no problem going in to that field. I have worked (voluntary -right spelled?-) doing technical service to local comunitary facilities. I think I could make a living of that expanding the posibilities. > > Emerging or growth areas of your countries economy will have the most > opportunity and the least stability. > > In some cases people find very good jobs totally foreign to their chosen > fields. > > Don't expect it to make a lot of sense: It doesn't! I have learned from that!! Thanx for the time to share your thoughts. *Carlos* > > John Ferrell > 6241 Phillippi Rd > Julian NC 27283 > Phone: (336)685-9606 > johnferrell@earthlink.net > Dixie Competition Products > NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW > "My Competition is Not My Enemy" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carlos Marcano" > To: > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 11:20 PM > Subject: [OT]: EE of the third wolrd... > > > 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), I4m 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* > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- > 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: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads