[sdiy] May run class again this Spring

[Josh Forgione]

I was not advising him to remove the analog course.  I'm also an analog 
designer.

Josh


>From: "Jim Eastman" <vitruvius at lethargicrecords.com>
>To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] May run class again this Spring
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:42:24 -0400
>
>I'd have to disagree with you, actually. There's still a good demand
>for people who can do analog design, and it's actually growing since
>fewer EEs graduate with good analog design skills.
>
>I'm an EE in the medical device industry, and while I do a fair amount
>of work with DSPs and embedded systems, I still do a lot of analog
>design, as well. Somebody has to gain stage and filter those ECG
>signals. Somebody has to design the front end to an ADC. :-)
>
>On 4/12/07, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys at teaser.fr> wrote:
>>On 2007-04-12 08:50 +0000, Josh Forgione wrote:
>>
>> > Analog synthesizer building is now a very niche field.  College
>> > students deserve educational opportunities to gain skills which
>> > are relevant in the workplace.
>>
>>I suspect that anyone who studies EE in the US in 2007 is not in
>>it for the job opportunites.
>>
>>My crystal ball tells me that most EE students end up in software
>>or designing digital devices they don't particularly care about.
>>Aaron's giving his students a chance, maybe their last, to
>>associate EE with fun.
>>
>>--
>>André Majorel <URL:http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/>
>>Do not use this account for regular correspondence.
>>See the URL above for contact information.
>>_______________________________________________
>>Synth-diy mailing list
>>Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy
>>
>
>_______________________________________________
>Synth-diy mailing list
>Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy

_________________________________________________________________
Exercise your brain! Try Flexicon. 
http://games.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmemailtaglineapril07