[sdiy] Learning electronics now - was Real cause of DIY death

[Ryan Williams]

R. D. Davis wrote:
> Quothe jared, from writings of Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 02:42:02PM -0500:
> 
>>I'm a budding 18-years young and i'm a total electronics nerd. I tend to 
> 
> 
> Excellent!  Don't forget to help support hamfests to keep that
> tradition alive... one doesn't see too many people under forty at
> hamfests, alas... that's both good and bad... good so we can get our
> hands on more toys, but bad since the hamfests may go away if more
> young people don't get more involved soon.  One would think that
> electrical engineering students would be interested, but it's
> surprising how many apparently aren't; I knew one who'd actually never
> even built anything electronic!
> 

I'm 24 and an EE student. I'm an electronics nerd too but I'd never go 
to one of these hamfests.. thats just for old people. But you are right, 
none of the other students I've met would be interested in something 
like that.  I'm always a bit dissapointed that my class mates aren't 
really all that interested in electronics or even EE at all. Most of 
them are just looking for a piece of paper that says "i went to school, 
give me money".  The other students are always impressed when they see 
the synthesizer I'm building (it's not impressive). I know only just a 
few of them are building things in thier own spare time.

i agree that there are tons of young people into electronics & diy but 
most of them are just not on this list. Maybe they were bored by 
discussions of old age and bad vision. :)

-ryan