EE majors: Do you enjoy analog circuits?

[fyleow]

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[beer]

No, digital logic is my preference. I can't get anything but Bs in my analog circuits classes.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: fyleow


Was talking to my uncle today and he said it is the most lucrative field in EE.

Don't dismiss analog. My husband got his MSEE in analog cirucuit design, and got his choice of offers when he was hired. He now designs semiconductors for a living (microprocessors).

 

[fyleow]

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[CanOWorms]

Everyone says this field is the best or that field is the best, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard someone say it about analog circuits.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: CanOWorms
Everyone says this field is the best or that field is the best, etc. This is the first time I've ever heard someone say it about analog circuits.

I've heard the same thing for power systems - it's the best field! yadda yadda yadda power crisis
I've heard the same thing for software engineering - everything runs on software! etc
I've heard the same thing about electromagnetics - RF is the way everything is going, just look at the success of 802.11b

And I go to career fairs and the only jobs I see being actively recruited are embedded systems and VLSI stuff.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Mixed Analog & digital circuits are quite interesting.

The amount of things you can do with an op amp, diode, and transistor are mind boggling.

Microelectronics in general is quite interesting to me.

 

[CanOWorms]

Originally posted by: fyleow

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: fyleow


Was talking to my uncle today and he said it is the most lucrative field in EE.

Don't dismiss analog. My husband got his MSEE in analog cirucuit design, and got his choice of offers when he was hired. He now designs semiconductors for a living (microprocessors).

I'm not dismissing analog, on the contrary I'm saying how good it is. It's the best field in EE according to my uncle, if you can do analog and do it well you are guaranteed a job for life.

I was just talking to him about possible majors the other day and I asked him about EE since he studied that in college, I can't picture myself sitting in front of a terminal 24/7 doing it though.

It's dangerous to think that you're guaranteed a job for life The industry does change a lot and manages to reinvent itself, come up with tricks and gimmicks, etc. though.

You don't necessarily have to be stuck in front of a computer 24/7 though if you're gonig to be an EE.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: fyleow


Was talking to my uncle today and he said it is the most lucrative field in EE.

Don't dismiss analog. My husband got his MSEE in analog cirucuit design, and got his choice of offers when he was hired. He now designs semiconductors for a living (microprocessors).

Who does he work for? I used to work for a company in San Diego called Semtech (well, they are based in Camarillo, CA but I worked for a division that was purchased by Semtech formerly known as Edge Semiconductor). We did mostly analog chips. It is very lucrative and we were giving big signing bonuses, stock options and incentives to get good EEs when I was there.

 

[CrazyDe1]

No...I hated analog circuits...

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
No...I hated analog circuits...

 

[brjames]

Originally posted by: thraxes

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
No...I hated analog circuits...

 

[Darein]

Can't stand them. I can't wait to get some more digital classes.

 

[NutBucket]

The thing with analog is the older generation of engineers are retiring. Everyone talks about DSP this, FPGA that. That stuff any EE can do. Analog takes a special breed. The engineers at work that live in analog amaze me.

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: brjames

Originally posted by: thraxes

Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
No...I hated analog circuits...

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
The thing with analog is the older generation of engineers are retiring. Everyone talks about DSP this, FPGA that. That stuff any EE can do. Analog takes a special breed. The engineers at work that live in analog amaze me.

I semi-agree on the DSP, and FPGA statement but I definitely agree that analog design takes someone special. One of my profs was trying to generate interest in it by telling us that engineers that work at Analog Devices are some of the highest paid EEs. I'm staying away from that though, I think I might go into signal processing.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Bryophyte

Originally posted by: fyleow


Was talking to my uncle today and he said it is the most lucrative field in EE.

Don't dismiss analog. My husband got his MSEE in analog cirucuit design, and got his choice of offers when he was hired. He now designs semiconductors for a living (microprocessors).

Who does he work for? I used to work for a company in San Diego called Semtech (well, they are based in Camarillo, CA but I worked for a division that was purchased by Semtech formerly known as Edge Semiconductor). We did mostly analog chips. It is very lucrative and we were giving big signing bonuses, stock options and incentives to get good EEs when I was there.

Intel.

 

[Analog]

When I got my MSEE, my specialty was Analog Circuit Design & Signal Processing.


I really enjoy designing a good high power amp, especially if it involves both tube and solid state design.

 

[Colt45]

i prefer analog, but thats just how i learned i guess.

 

[shekondar]

I didn't hate analog, but I always had more trouble understanding it - digital just seemed to make more sense to me.

 

[cessna152]

I'm taking Analog Electronics next semester. What is it exactly? Like what is the difference between it and Digital Electronics.