We used to hire EE grads out of Ohio State, then hand them off to the DeVry grad (or me) to teach them to solder.
I heard someone giving a talk once (and I can't remember who it was for the life of me) who said the reason engineering schools gave up on teaching practical skills like soldering, welding, and machining was WWII weapons work like the Manhattan Project. Those were run by physicists because engineering grads didn't have the training to hold together a large program with diverse specialists. Supposedly the engineering schools were miffed so they abandoned the practical training in favor of more theory.
I don't know if this is actually true, but there was a shift in engineering education from hands-on to theoretical.
Well, Dave H you made me laugh. I read the posted comic and decided to post a comment here about the number of EE grads that I have had to teach how to solder. (And this will be the second time in as many days that I've posted this.) Here you beat me to my own story. I taught myself how to solder early in elementary school.
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HA! Perfect!
Yep.
Just hired a college grad today. This is so true.
It's EXACTLY like that. Great illustration.
We used to hire EE grads out of Ohio State, then hand them off to the DeVry grad (or me) to teach them to solder.
I heard someone giving a talk once (and I can't remember who it was for the life of me) who said the reason engineering schools gave up on teaching practical skills like soldering, welding, and machining was WWII weapons work like the Manhattan Project. Those were run by physicists because engineering grads didn't have the training to hold together a large program with diverse specialists. Supposedly the engineering schools were miffed so they abandoned the practical training in favor of more theory.
I don't know if this is actually true, but there was a shift in engineering education from hands-on to theoretical.
Dave H, guilty as charged. My soldering skills were never very good.
At least I didn't blow up the big industrial DC motors in the EE power lab ...
Well, Dave H you made me laugh. I read the posted comic and decided to post a comment here about the number of EE grads that I have had to teach how to solder. (And this will be the second time in as many days that I've posted this.) Here you beat me to my own story. I taught myself how to solder early in elementary school.
I put TQFP parts on prototype boards with ease.
What do you mean "kinda"? It's EXACTLY like this!
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