On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:45:13 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 23, 1:53*am, Curly Surmudgeon wrote:

* *Bull. *It was the same degree for people who design electronics.

Bull. *Two distinct degrees.

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Regards, Curly

Two distinct degrees NOW. But the statement " It WAS the
same ............" is absolutely true.

Dan

Yup. At Michigan Tech there was "communications option" and "power
option" differing in a few courses, but the degrees awarded were the
same: BSEE (or MSEE).

A director of engineering at GM once told me that the value of
engineers wasn't what they knew as found, but what they could learn
and continue to learn throughout a career. He was responding to my
question re why an automobile company (in a time when the only
electronic device in a car was the radio) would hire EE's. He said
because they could learn whateverthehell they decided to learn,
including design of engines and transmissions.

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:22:46 -0500, Don Foreman
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:45:13 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 23, 1:53*am, Curly Surmudgeon wrote:

* *Bull. *It was the same degree for people who design electronics.

Bull. *Two distinct degrees.

--
Regards, Curly

Two distinct degrees NOW. But the statement " It WAS the
same ............" is absolutely true.

Dan

Yup. At Michigan Tech there was "communications option" and "power
option" differing in a few courses, but the degrees awarded were the
same: BSEE (or MSEE).

You went to Tech by heck??

I spent a bit of time there..Houghton.

A director of engineering at GM once told me that the value of
engineers wasn't what they knew as found, but what they could learn
and continue to learn throughout a career. He was responding to my
question re why an automobile company (in a time when the only
electronic device in a car was the radio) would hire EE's. He said
because they could learn whateverthehell they decided to learn,
including design of engines and transmissions.


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