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found this on slashdot today, there is an article in IEEE Spectrum on the top 10 dream jobs for electrical engineers.... of course if youre an EE and dont read slashdot........

Well, you're right, I don't read slashdot. But I DO read Spectrum!

Spectrum is abso brill, by the way. It's fun, frisky, and more opinionated than you'd expect the official magazine of IEEE to be. (IEEE is a standards board! 802.11 is short for IEEE Standard Number 802.11.) There have been -multiple- articles griping about current US foreign policy in here.

I think what this article proves is that, as an EE, you should always have something else you do. Draw. Write. Study ancient Greek mythology. And wherever possible, combine your skills!

In fact, this article has given me one hella keen idea to jumpstart my teaching career: an audio projects class! Students learn about mixed signal design, data converters, and synthesizers while building their own keen audio gizmos!

This could be sooooo tasty...

I'm an IEEE member... woo hoo.

All the good EE's that I know do other stuff besides engineering... for example I know of two that have webcomics.

The funny thing is that from my own experience those of us who tend to get labeled tech nerds are far more likely to have broad non-technological interests than not.

At work a few years back I distinctly remember getting some delightfully odd yet satisfying looks from more mundane co-workers as I was involved in a conversation with a colleage. I am a CS person with *NIX admin skills. My colleague was working in the networking team at the time.

We were discussing the intricacies of theological and political interactions in the 12th century Byzantine church. Especially discussing the tension between hierarchical and anti-hierarchical forces within the eastern church and how these tensions both reflected and were influenced by the political realities of the eastern empire.

The only people who thought this an odd topic for engineers to be talking about were not themselves engineers.

Kieran wrote:The funny thing is that from my own experience those of us who tend to get labeled tech nerds are far more likely to have broad non-technological interestes than not.

That's because WE SO SMART! 8)