On May 5, 2006, at 7:12 PM, Xiaofan Chen wrote:

> Strange that I see all negative comments about being an engineer.

Well, you know what they say about the grass on the other side
of the fence always looking greener...

I thought it was great working 60 hours/week back when I was
younger.  I was changing the world!  And it was FUN.
It's now that I'm older, with a family, considering retirement
someday, that it's getting a little old.  Impersonal retirement
benefits ("well match your 401k contributions up to X"), no
golden parachutes...  I happened to be really lucky/etc, so I'm
in good shape, but a lot of people in my same job classification
aren't so lucky.  Of course, non-engineers have similar problems.

BillW

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