Portugal is also very good at food, drink, and the people are very friendly, but unfortunatly sufers from a general vision of the future, and investiment in education and technology development is pour. That's why I left... In the UK the investment from government and companies is still there, so the oportunities are much better. Best regards Luis -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Xiaofan Chen Sent: 13 October 2007 10:06 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT] Engineer as a profession On 10/13/07, Luis Moreira wrote: > Hi Xiaofan, > Here in the UK is not that bad, but Engineering is not very well paid > either. My advice to kids is if you are doing it for the money then be > an accountant or go into company management. In my last job the colleagues in UK told me that engineering was ok in UK. They are all pretty experienced analog electronics designers. Compared to the France, it is said the job opportunity is better in UK but the UK engineers need to work longer time than their European continental counterpart. Not so sure if this is true. I was told that in Germany engineering is quite a good profession because the demand is higher than the supply. As far as I know, US engineers, enjoy quite good life, as long as the company is not in a bad shape. This is what I learned from my friends in US. At least they normally earn more than their supervisors (professors) in the University. Here in Singapore, professors earn much more than an senior engineer (2-3 times) and enjoy very good benefits. > Being Portuguese I also know that in Portugal is pretty bad to and that > is if you can get a job at all. I do not know much about Portugal other than that they are pretty good at soccer. ;-) Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist