[sdiy] Help for a budding young engineer...

[grant at musictechnologiesgroup.com]

In my experience, getting a degree is a unique challenge of it's own and
does not necessarily have any relevance to the real world. This of
course depends largely on faculty. Without know what school he is to
attend (and a URL for the schedule/calendar) it would be hard to
recommend direction.  However, ANY hands-on experience with electronics
and programming (and math, music, etc.) will be an asset.  Most
engineering students don't know what a resistor looks like.  Open stuff
up. Fix stuff. Break stuff. Build kits. Buy a soldering iron. Try some
Arduiono or a real microcontroller project. learn a programming
language, even if it's a web one. It's all about exposure to real
things. That will make the abstract world of the EE degree digestible.

GB