15 Nov
2001
15 Nov
'01
7 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
In my opinion, haivng a degree (or any other qualification) in a subject
has 0 correlation with how good you actually are at that subject....
In my case, I have a piece of paper saying that I am a particle
physicist. In practice, I don't know the first thing about (say) QCD.
I have no pieces of paper saying I am an electrical engineer, electronic
engineer, computer scientist, programmer, or anything related to
computers or electronics. But in practice I can generally understand most
areas of electronics or computing well enough to get the job done.
-tony
In my case, I have a piece of paper saying that I am a
particle
physicist.
Tony,
Now you're my kind of guy. I enjoy reading physics books
purely for education, information, and entertainment.
Tony Duell wrote:
I
strongly recomend you learn electronics no matter what sort of
machine you work on.
Well, that does it. I'm going to stay an extra few years at college and
get a second degree: Electrical & Computer Engineering. Now, look what
you've done, you bastards! :-)