[sdiy] Death of DIY?

[jbv]

Mmmmh... I'm not so sure...

I too started DIYing in the late 70's as I was student (and had to work
at night and on week ends as a taxi driver to afford parts).

But these days, here in France, there are at least 5 different monthly
mags
about electronics featuring dozens of DIY projects (yes, about 60 to 75%
of them are built around some uC but anyway), when there were only 2
or 3 (and of much lower quality in the early 80's)...
And the DIY fever seems to extend to robotics with 2 new mags...
I guess there must be an audience somewhere...

On the other hand, I see our young trainees at work, still students, but
spending nights & week ends hacking old PC motherboards to build
their own FTP server and the like...

Am I living in another universe or what ?

JB