John O wrote:
> > I find it hard to believe any student would embark on a career path
> > through a university in electronics, engineering or otherwise, without
> > already knowing how to solder
> >
> > I was a Film major , you can bet I knew which end of the camera the
lens
> > mounted to long before Jr. High school
> >
> > people tend to persue thier interests
> > and if your interest has anything to do with electronics you teach
> > yourself soldering at about 8 years old
> >
> > I seriously doubt anyone would get through a EE program without hands
on
> > time with circut design and construction, including soldering.
> > but it does seem at least one person got through som type of formal
> > schooling in electronics without knowing what a FILTER is and isn't
> > just more of arnii bull****
>
> George, you gotta remember that the days of boys building ham radios
with
> their dads on weekends have been gone for a long time. What you write
used
> to be true, but no longer. LOTs of kids go into engineering programs
with
> very little soldering or any other experience these days, for lots of
> reasons. Blame Nintendo, and blame high schools for killing off
electronics
> programs to start Cisco Networking Academies and "tech ed" programs.
Blame
> Heathkit for killing off their kits. Whatever.
Exactly. How many kids these days pursue electronics as a hobby, which is
the
only way you learn these skills ? Almost none.
Furthermore, an electronics degree course is unlikely to cover soldering
either.
Most design these days is done on a CAD workstation rather than on a
bench.
Graham
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