I agree with you Tal. I am beginning to make plans for doing that. Thanks for the advice, *Carlos* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tal" To: Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: EE of the third wolrd... > Carlos, > > I don't know what are the high tech opportunities in your country but i= f > you think that you hit a dead end, my advise for you would be to shop > for better locations/countries. > > Note however that these days the economy is bad is many countries and > even some 'first world' high tech areas suffer from unemployment (for > example, here at Silicon Valley). > > Tal > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Carlos Marcano > > Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 8:21 PM > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > > 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), > > 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* > > > > -- > > 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: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics