Re: USB microscopes for very small SMT

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Sure, the problem always never lies with the kids but their mentors. IMHO parents should take a pivotal role here and not dump all that responsibility on a school.
Schools don't get a pass. Schools are often better equip ed than parents and often have more face time. Schools are charged with teaching facts rather than the squishy subjects they're so fond of. Face it, they fail.

That is why so many kids are home-schooled in this area. I know a father who has to explain physics stuff to his offspring because obviously the school failed to do so. And this is not a kid with a lack of motivation or IQ, not at all.

What about parents that don't have the skills to teach physics? What about parents who aren't equipped (mentally, financially, whatever reason) to home school? Should these kids be left behind because schools fail? Withdrawing from the system may be the answer for individuals but it doesn't help the system. ...


That's where teamwork comes in. You do not have to home-school your kids all by yourself.


... Schools must be held accountable no matter what the parents do.


Sure. But what can you as an individual do when despite ever higher school bonds sucking money out of your pocket they don't deliver?

I remember my (very large) high school having one secretary. One. Last time I helped in a missing kid case I had to also check the school grounds. Had to get permission, of course, and it blew me away how many administrative workers they had. There is some serious opportunity for change here. But when change happens certain associations often do everything to stall that. That is IMHO a large part of the problem.


It's like garage door openers. Power went, neighbor called "HELP! Can't get my car out but need to go, now!". Went over there, pulled little rope, clunk, rolled up door. "Wow, I didn't know this was possible!" Well, I grew up in Europe where there are hardly any Genie drives on garage doors.
They never RTFM. That's not technology. Again, put blame where blame belongs.

Yep. This was meant to explain how technology makes us complacent. I've recently re-learned the way our great-great-grandparents made break, over a wood fire. Not by turning a knob on the oven and later shoving the dough into it.
If that's what you enjoy doing, so be it. There are so many things previous generations had to do that are no longer required that there isn't time to master them all. I don't have time to do the "modern" things I'd like to do.

Thing is, it doesn't require any extra time. While it bakes I continue to work off the Saturday honey-do list. When the bread is done done I give the coals 2-3 minutes to get back to full heat and do my regular barbecue session.

It takes time to learn how to do things another way. The first time, for instance, the bread requires more "tending". It would certainly take me significant time to make a wood fire. That time can be spent in only so many ways. If it's recreation, fine.


Got to keep up those basic skills though. When the power went the first time after we moved here there was moaning and groaning in the neighborhood. We didn't complain and had a nice meal with whiskey peppercorn sauce and all the trimmings, freshly cooked by yours truly.


That one you can blame on technology. Since calculators,
I've
completely lost any ability to estimate values by quick inspection. Don't need Spice for most things, other than it's very nice for documentation.

It's good to grab a slide rule once in a while. I recently upgraded to a round Scientific Instruments No.250, from a friend who passed away. Unfortunately the hot summers out here have shrunk its naugahide pouch and it no longer fits into it.
I take out my Post VersaLog once in a while. I can still use it, but that's not the issue. I don't use it for serious work so no longer have to "know" the answer before. The slip stick just gives the significant digits, not the order of magnitude. A calculator gives it all so the part of the brain that supplies the other half atrophies.

That atrophy is what I want to avoid :-)

I'd rather it hadn't, but there were many years I didn't even need a calculator. I finally bought another one (HP-35s) a year ago because I finally had need for it.

In my line of work there always comes that time where you are in the middle of an EMC session with a hard time limit and there ain't no time to break out the calculator. Got to rattle it off in your head, change a few parts, run outside and close that big steel door.

The calculator isn't in prison. ;-)

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So your solution is to not have large projects? ...to not
attack
large problems?

Oh no, I am involved in quite a few large projects and thoroughly enjoy them because I get to work in teams. But those are all well managed. I fail to see that level of management competence on some software projects.
So you're saying that only hardware projects can be managed effectively?

I did not say that. I said "some software projects". For example, certain operating systems ...

If you want to see a real mind-boggler try TLAVu (to view logic analyzer recordings). That ought to be the most sluggish SW I've ever used, drives me nuts.

It seemed you were railing against all software as being bloated with the bloat being management (mis)directed. I counter that that bloat may be management directed, but management is directed by the customer. Paying customers like feature-itis, whether they complain about it or not.


I can't recall anyone wanting that see-through rendering of desk top icons by Vista. In fact, I can't even recall anyone who wanted Vista.


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Of course they have. Look at the ATCs. Fixing management
fixes a
lot more than software though.
Many engineers think managers are non-essential. Thing is, they are very essential. The head of R&D at my first employer was a radio/TV tech by trade. He often didn't have the foggiest what we were doing but he knew he could trust us and we knew we could trust him. Excellent manager.
I don't think many engineers thing they're non-essential, just that theirs is useless. ;-) Yes, some of my best managers haven't had a clue what I was doing but defended me anyway. Others could do my job. I've been fortunate (though perhaps I'm easy) and can count the bad managers on one hand. The key is that good managers, manage. As the corporate world is set up, that usually means defense. There is a reason I never wanted to be a manager.

I thoroughly enjoyed being a manager. Sure, as a consultant I have a lot more freedom now but I do miss all those people and the team work.

I've worked in large teams, at small independent tasks in large teams, and in small teams. They're all fun, as long as management doesn't F**K it up. The company I work for now seems to be pretty well run, though doesn't have infinite resources. Management is a little bit optimistic WRT schedules, though (the owner is getting a little antsy ;-).


The schedule thing is quite normal :-)

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