Electrical Engineering: A Diminishing Role?

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V=IR Ruled ok!!!

but in the light of recent nuclear exhibitions by Pakistan, I feel is temporarily superseded by

E = MC2 ( C2 = square of speed of light)

(Mass-energy equivalence.... for our non-nuclear Green Peace Type of friends)

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Kind Regards

Asim

V=IR Ruled ok!!!

but in the light of recent nuclear exhibitions by Pakistan, I feel is temporarily superseded by

E = MC

A very entertaining and interesting read Robert.

I agree that Electronics in the ``classical sense`` will be less in demand, less in vogue, as abstractions and applications pile on.

EE to Applications Engineering/Support will become what Math is to EE (favorite catch-phrase for all engineers - ``the rest is just a lot of math``).

There are far more professional engineers than there are full-time mathematicians. The higher cardinality of irrational numbers versus rational numbers, the inexhaustive supply of prime numbers, and other sacred pillars of Pure Math (and hence of Applied Math, of Engineering) are pondered/appreciated by very, very few.

So will it be for domino logic, clock skews, pipelining etc.

However EE`s will be/are re-inventing themselves CE`s and CS`s (not to mention as Applications Enigineers, Sales Engineers, Investment Bankers). ``EE`` will remain marketable if less classical/intellectual.

Re: EE INTEL

This is a nostalgic satire on an Engineer`s predicament. It need not
be very accurate. The classical EE might go the way of the dinosaurs ( although
I think it will be endangered rather than extinct).

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I had always felt that us engineers were overworked and underappreciated - In the
U.S societal context were the last in the pecking order, at least for the last
three decades. THe Golden age of American Engineering and the accompanying
prosperity that spanned the first six decades of the 20th century fell victim to
the spending cuts recessionary cycles of the 70`s and 80`s.

Creativity & Innovatiness fell victim to litigation and medication ( An obvious pun
at the other two proffesions - bean counters not included) . Even a perennial
pessimist such as myself has to grudgingly admit that this is one hell of comeback.
With a looming shortage of about 400,000 engineeing professionals in just this
current year, Engineering has finally hit paydirt. With roughly 20% of the Silicon Valley
engineers hiting six figure mark - Halleluah !!!. BUsiness week reports that 22,000
millionares are created every year in the Valley startup euphoria. Heck even four of
my colleagues have become millionaries ( Guys let me in in your next startup :-))

With a market growth rate of about 20% Electronics is about to be the biggest
growth industry for decades to come - just imagine the millions of grunts in China
and Asia just waking up to the world of automation. Even with boat loads of
foreign engineers the demand for engineers in insatiable.

This combined with a 25% drop in the US Engineering enrollment promises, to be the
camelot years for engineering. JUst this year alone Sanata CLara county surpassed
Detroit - Michigan ( Auto industry fame) as the biggest export county in the US.
So all you young ones contemplating a career in engineering, hop aboard., for the ride
of your life.

ER and MAtlock move aside - McGyver is here to stay.