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Guest Post subject: Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:20 am Sounds
like your working in the wrong place Top designer1
Post subject: understanding Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 10:41 am
I have also ran into the same problems... My conclusion is
that , the only way to continue dealing with RF and RF design is trying
to get into an RFIC design. That , I think , requires some Engineering
skills , and it also will upgrade you towards the future. It looks like
this is the future of us RF Engineers. Top Guest
Post subject: Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:19 pm What do you
need a employer for? If you are as knowledgeable as you say,
and you have patentable ideas, why not start your own business?
Top steveo Post subject: Just play by the rulesPosted:
Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:25 pm So, you're upset about the rules?
If the rules are that you must have a MSEE or PhD to do design work,
why don't you get a MSEE or PhD? If you can't play by the established
rules you'll have to make your own business. BUT, Microwave engineering
gets expensive quickly. Have you priced a network analyzer or spectrum
analyzer lately? Heck, even decent coax cables and connectors cost an
arm and a leg. Hence, most microwave engineers need employers with deep
pockets (like defense or communication companies). I believe
most of engineering work is just making sound common sense judgements
that many non-engineers could make. I also believe most people would
love to be engineers. So, we've come up with a system to "weed out"
the regular folks from having all the fun jobs. It's really difficult
to change the established rules. Perhaps it's easier to play by them.
You've already got an advantage--you know what the rules are.
Top guest Post subject: RFIC DesignPosted: Wed Aug
31, 2005 2:07 am the future of rf is definitely in rf design. to
show employers you have to taket the right mix of courses: gone are
the days board level RF work and here are the days of RFIC : cmos/bipolar
analog circuit design, some vlsi design, microwave theory and techniques,
semiconductor physics and modeling, communications theory and stochastic
processes. the best way is to get working and not get depressed
about it. many schools offer online courses and degrees and if you really
want to get into this new mix of rf/analog and semiconductor work you
really need this combination -- this is the real reason people want
ms/phd people because you could never combine all these courses into
a BSEE degree. companies can't afford to train people these days
and you have to train yourself, taking courses like this will help you
do just that -- expensive yes, but if you seriously love the work, you
can rise up to the challenge. and there are not a lot of people
who can combine all these skills together and even fewer schools that
can offer a combination of these courses so you competition is low.
Top IR Post subject: Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:02
am Site Admin Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:02 pm
Posts: 373 Location: Germany Hi ________, For me an RF
Engineer or any other Electronics Engineer (Maybe to some exceptions
Digital Engineer), has been always somewhat a "Technician", as you name
it. I don't see any wrong thing with that and I would avoid of disrespecting
technicans and their work as you implied in your post. The average
Engineer's job would always involve hands-on work (What you refer as
grunt). I have exactly the same experience as you in the industry and
I have started from "grunt jobs" and moved to R&D and project management
and in bad times returned to the "grunt jobs". It is all due to the
industry's situation at a given time. Even at my current job, where
I am doing real design, a great amount of time is to do testing, soldering
and whatever is needed to get the job done. You will never hear me compalining
- I did complain few years ago when I had to do testing more than design
(At the sweet days of the high-tech bubble) when every Engineer felt
priviliged. But since then I grew up and changed my attitude, and today
there is no job that is considered "too low" for me. If you
hate your job so much, then you should find yourself another job. It
is not healthy to wake up every morning with a full stomache and go
to work like this. Good luck. BSEE=Depends on how you
grasp yourself. _________________ Best regards, - IR
Top Guest Post subject: Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005
9:27 am Didn't Thomas Edison spend most of his time in the lab trying
to find the perfect filament? Sounds like there are a few pre-modonas
in the crowd. Top wb0bnr Post subject: Rf engineer
jobsPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:18 am With just an Associates degree
since '76 I've remained in the broadcasting, telecom, & communications
field. Perhaps it's the varied tasks + working in the field where I
don't have to wear that tie 'cuz it's not the $. Now @ 50 I've several
times considered going back for that B.S. sheepskin but I've discovered
that the new EEs know little about propagation, tubes, nor practical
engineering to get a job done 'cuz they only know computer programs,
ipods, and feel it's beneath them to get their feet dirty @ a site.
Yes, it seems that the H.R. out-of-reality types think that even the
janitor needs a degree these days but what we do is "black magic" to
them, managment, and of course the "bean counters" that run so many
companies today. We'll still be working wonders and reaping the satisfaction
of "saving the day" when they're nursing their paper cuts for years.
Top Kirt Blattenberger Post subject: Posted: Wed
Aug 31, 2005 1:38 pm Site Admin Joined: Sun Aug 03,
2003 2:02 pm Posts: 308 Location: Erie, PA Anonymous wrote:
Sounds like there are a few pre-modonas in the crowd. Ha.
I can remember thinking the term was "pre-madonna." In fact,
it is prima donna, which refers to the lead female singer in an opera.
Because they tend to be extremely self-centered and self-important (as
in Phantom of the Opera), hauty people are often referred to as prima
donnas. Don't feel bad, you're not alone! _________________
- Kirt Blattenberger RF Cafe Progenitor & Webmaster
Top IR Post subject: Prima donnaPosted: Wed Aug 31,
2005 2:45 pm Site Admin Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005
2:02 pm Posts: 373 Location: Germany Yes the exact term for
that is prima donna. They call this type of people the same also from
where I am coming from. Testing what you do or what others do...
This is the job requirements: Take it or leave it... Find yourself
another job if you think you can do more. And if you are that talented,
instead of self-pity infront of the PC, go and find a more interesting
job. Good luck!! Top IR Post subject:
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:48 am Site Admin Joined:
Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:02 pm Posts: 373 Location: Germany Quote:
Design is what I do and I have a pr oven track record, a patent and
a front cover on an RF magazine. If you are that good as
you claim, then you shouldn't have worked in that "lousy" job at first
place. I don't belive that there are no suitable jobs all over US for
someone with your skills. If you need to relocate in order to find
that perfect job you are looking for, then relocate to other state in
the US. Don't expect for too much sympathy nor respect for ranting and
self-pity. It doesn't do no good to anyone. Top Guest
Post subject: Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:36 am If the designs
are so great, then how come they are not robust enough to meet the tolerances
of manufacturing. Most designers get called into the manufacturing plant
because there designs do not have enough margin to meet the manufacturing
tolerances. This is also true for repair. Units fail for a reason, there
is usually a design flaw. My designs are exactly that, my designs, I
own them, so if I need to follow them to the factory floor or the repair
depot, then that is were I go. It is is a part of enginnering and there
are very few companies that embrace over the wall engineering these
days. If you just want to deisgn on paper, then get a job in a University.
Top rfgrl Post subject: Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005
1:52 pm Ok, you're an experienced rf engineer, but can't find a
better job? There's got to be more to your situation. I'm about to graduate
with my MS in this area, and there seems to be more than enough employers
to go around. Why don't you quit, spend some time finishing your master's,
and try starting out on a fresh step? From where I'm sitting, it seems
like employers can't get us out of school fast enough. Maybe you've
been working at jobs that you dislike for so long that you've got a
really bad attitude and that's what's really behind the seeming lack
of anybody to look at your nifty designs? Top Guest
Post subject: Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:36 am Sounds like ______
has a "chip" on his shoulder. Glad I am not that miserable.
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