20 Jun
2004
20 Jun
'04
6:28 a.m.
Ferranti?
they also made computers... we have some stuff on them around here
somewhere....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 6:51 AM
Subject: Ferranti? Re: Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods &
headcount... ; -))
but
At 10:34 AM 6/20/04 +0100, Rob wrote:
>
>At 04:47 20/06/2004, William Donzelli wrote:
>
>> > People get too specialized these days.
>>
>>These day, you have to be specialized. There is little in the market for
>>"jack of all trades" EEs. Those days are gone, except in very small
>>companies doing fairly simple devices.
>>
>
>Sadly this is true in computing as well. I don't have a degree, the only
>college I went to was a technical college, one day a week sponsored by
the
company I was
working for as an apprentice (Ferranti, may they rest in
peace).
What happened to Ferranti? We used to use one of their RADARs on the
system that I worked on but I haven't heard anything about them since the
program was cancelled.
FWIW I used to be like you but I get feed up with being stuck in low
paying jobs while the educated idiots made twice as much money as I did couldn't do the work and I had to do my job and
theirs too. I finally went
back to college and got a degree (two actually). My salary tripled after
that. I hate to say it but it was probably the best thing that I ever did
career wise.
Joe