On September 10, 2005 11:13 pm, Martin Klingensmith wrote:
> William Chops Westfield wrote:
> > Students tend to follow the money or the glory.  People tagged as
> > "smart" in primary schools are pretty expected to aim at either
> > medicine or law as careers.  Shucks, engineers from "good" colleges
> > seem to be expected to end up in upper management :-(
> >
> > Is the USA system better?  I don't know.  "at what?" is the
> > question that springs to mind.
> >
> > BillW
>
> I will be graduating with a BSEE in June 2006. I will NOT go into
> management, I want to do design work. I am fairly certain that I will
> be able to do just fine in design work without "moving up" into
> project management.
>
> I consider myself to have a lot of both theoretical and practical
> experience. I have worked on many real projects as well as
> theoretical practices. I do not believe I am common among what
> normally is produced by my university [a statement which likely makes
> me look crass]

Read this:
http://www.os2hq.com/articles/seven.htm
...then take a look around you if you work at a "big" firm/farm and note 
how many people above X years work there.
...small firms aren't so discriminating.
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