Re: Hobbyist electronics courses... extinct?



Bill Gray wrote:

> Roger Dewhurst wrote:
> > "Pooh Bear" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:43B46C42.C4D47219@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >>
> >>Charles Schuler wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>><longjohnstuartmill@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >>>news:1135887749.193666.188480@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> >>>>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.
> >>
> >>In terminal decline would be more accurate.
> >>
> >>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
>
>
> American industry will just outsource it to China or India. There're
> plenty of technicians there.
>
> Bill,
> Phoenix

Yup. The 'suits' don't give a *** about ppl who spent their lives honing their
skills when they can get a better bonus by improving tomorrow's bottom line.

Until there's fundamental culture change in how western businesses are run, don't
expect any job to be even remotely secure.

I wouldn't advise *anyone* to get into engineering in the west these days.

Graham


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