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Unread 11-01-2010, 09:00
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Re: The Downside of Having More Engineers

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post

It's really funny to work alongside engineers at such a young age because many of them are a lot older than I am - I've noticed that as a whole it seems like many of the Engineers I work with from outside companies are usually well into their 50's and 60's and they come from a different era of thinking and have skill sets that aren't taught today. Also, many of these engineers have the intent on retiring soon but they can't find suitable replacements.
This is especially true of high power RF engineers. It is rare to find a transmitter guy under 45. No one in school these days wants to work with a 35,000 volt, 3 amp power supply or a 50kW rf generator.
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