Re: Hobbyist electronics courses... extinct?


"Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Charles Schuler wrote:
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> > <longjohnstuartmill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:1135887749.193666.188480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > After asking several dumb questions on this newsgroup, I realized I
was
> > > going to need some extra help if I was ever going to learn this stuff.
> > > So I searched for an electronics course in my community. I couldn't
> > > find one. I found a million yoga classes, but no basic electronics
> > > courses. My only options seem to be an electricians' ticket or an
> > > engineering degree, and I'm not ready for either of those. I live in
a
> > > city with ~75 000 people.
> > >
> > > Do you think my problems are due to the community's size, or is this a
> > > problem in most areas?
> >
> > It is becoming more difficult to find community college courses in
> > electronics in most areas. These courses were typically offered for
> > "technicians" and this area of employment is shrinking.
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> In terminal decline would be more accurate.
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> Graham

Surely someone has design and repair electronic devices. People must get
some training somewhere. Industry, in a general sense, cannot function
without technicians. Engineers may design things but technicians are
necessary to build them and fix them when they go wrong. A society with too
many graduates and not enough technicians supporting them does not function
very well. Too many chiefs and not enough indians!

R
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