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| Pete Schult 2006-03-15, 10:21 am |
| It is said that electrical and aerospace engineers build weapons while
civil engineers build targets. I'm interested in pursuing a career in EE
but for philosophical and religious reasons have no interest in working
on weapon systems or for companies that do substantial business with the
military. With that restriction, what are the chances of finding a job
as an EE? I've searched careers.ieee.org and find that most of the jobs
in signal processing, my major interest, are military related.
--Pete Schult
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Pete Schult http://mysite.verizon.net/pschult/
pschult@verizon.net
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| Salmon Egg 2006-03-15, 7:22 pm |
| On 3/15/06 6:14 AM, in article
pschult-4BA13E.09144215032006@news.verizon.net, "Pete Schult"
<pschult@verizon.net> wrote:
> It is said that electrical and aerospace engineers build weapons while
> civil engineers build targets. I'm interested in pursuing a career in EE
> but for philosophical and religious reasons have no interest in working
> on weapon systems or for companies that do substantial business with the
> military. With that restriction, what are the chances of finding a job
> as an EE? I've searched careers.ieee.org and find that most of the jobs
> in signal processing, my major interest, are military related.
>
> --Pete Schult
Work for a power company, a telephone company, a building contractor, a
computer company, or help PETA.
Bill
-- Ferme le Bush
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| Keith 2006-03-15, 10:21 pm |
| On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:14:41 +0000, Pete Schult wrote:
> It is said that electrical and aerospace engineers build weapons while
> civil engineers build targets. I'm interested in pursuing a career in EE
> but for philosophical and religious reasons have no interest in working
> on weapon systems or for companies that do substantial business with the
> military. With that restriction, what are the chances of finding a job
> as an EE? I've searched careers.ieee.org and find that most of the jobs
> in signal processing, my major interest, are military related.
THe industry is pretty broad and there are *many* non-military jobs.
OTOH, if all you're interested in is signal processing, you might have a
problem. OTOH, maybe you could screw people out of their hard-earned
money by designing the next audiophool widget; "Monster-DSP"! ...or has
TI already trumped you with their OLP (or whatever it is they're
advertising 24/7)?
--
Keith
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| no_one 2006-03-16, 12:21 am |
| hi end audio processing, test equipment, entertainment industries all use
some pretty sexy electronics nowadays.
"Pete Schult" <pschult@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:pschult-4BA13E.09144215032006@news.verizon.net...
> It is said that electrical and aerospace engineers build weapons while
> civil engineers build targets. I'm interested in pursuing a career in EE
> but for philosophical and religious reasons have no interest in working
> on weapon systems or for companies that do substantial business with the
> military. With that restriction, what are the chances of finding a job
> as an EE? I've searched careers.ieee.org and find that most of the jobs
> in signal processing, my major interest, are military related.
>
> --Pete Schult
>
> --
> Pete Schult http://mysite.verizon.net/pschult/
> pschult@verizon.net
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| Paul Hovnanian P.E. 2006-03-16, 2:21 am |
| no_one wrote:
>
> hi end audio processing, test equipment, entertainment industries all use
> some pretty sexy electronics nowadays.
Test equipment will find its way into military work. As for
entertainment or high end audio, good luck finding much work in the USA.
Maybe telecom.
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Paul Hovnanian mailto:Paul@Hovnanian.com
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This isn't right. This isn't even wrong. -- Wolfgang Pauli
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| Keith Williams 2006-03-16, 10:21 am |
| In article <4418F8CB.BFD5F080@Hovnanian.com>, Paul@Hovnanian.com
says...
> no_one wrote:
>
> Test equipment will find its way into military work. As for
> entertainment or high end audio, good luck finding much work in the USA.
I've seen adds looking for EEs from Klipsh, Crown, and a few others
over the past few months. IIRC the Klipsh add was just a couple of
weeks ago. Their site says they're looking for a few engineers in
Indianapolis, IN: http://www.klipsch.com/customerservice/jobs.aspx
--
Keith
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"Salmon Egg" <salmonegg@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:C03DD4DF.1D5F2%salmonegg@sbcglobal.net...
> On 3/15/06 6:14 AM, in article
> pschult-4BA13E.09144215032006@news.verizon.net, "Pete Schult"
> <pschult@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Work for a power company, a telephone company, a building contractor, a
> computer company, or help PETA.
>
> Bill
> -- Ferme le Bush
>
And while you're pondering your choices, thank some of the
engineers that designed the weapon systems which provide the
very freedom you have to ponder your career path.
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| There are many branches of electrical engineering; I have never been
pushed into doing military work. Think up something to do with signal
processing and do it, no need to have someone else assign your life's
work...
Tom
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| There are many branches of electrical engineering; I have never been
pushed into doing military work. Think up something to do with signal
processing and do it, no need to have someone else assign your life's
work...
Tom
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