From: news@analogconsultants.com   
      
   On 11/29/25 9:30 PM, Bill Sloman wrote:   
   > On 30/11/2025 8:13 am, Joerg wrote:   
   >> On 11/26/25 7:01 PM, Edward Rawde wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
      
   >>>   
   >>> None. But plenty of present day students seem to have to have a job   
   >>> as well as school.   
   >>> In my case I did partially have a job while at school because   
   >>> although my father didn't   
   >>> specifically offer equipment repair to people off the street, I would   
   >>> often find a   
   >>> non functional piece of electronics waiting for me to find out what   
   >>> was wrong with it.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Exactly. Either that or have an electronics hobby. In my case that was   
   >> ham radio but I also repaired lots of radios and TVs. The point is, if   
   >> someone isn't doing any of this and thus hasn't acquired basic skills   
   >> such as soldering or trying to figure out how a circuit is supposed to   
   >> work but doesn't, maybe he or she should not head into an engineering   
   >> career.   
   >   
   > Graduate students learn this kind of practical stuff later than   
   > hobbyists, but there's no reason why they wouldn't learn it just as   
   > well. ...   
      
      
   The point is that there is a "too late". Once they have their degree and   
   apply for jobs it is too late.   
      
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