[SBE] Industry retirement situation

[McGlothen, Darryl]

Knowledge and skill in the manufacture of 'buggy whips' may just likely
be a valuable commodity if the cost of fuel continues to rise. The key
in any economy is flexibility. The 'engineer' of today may well be
replaced by the technology of the future; and that sooner than most of
us think! Make use of the tools at hand (SBE membership, education and
participation) but be ready to move in a totally new direction. 

Darryl


-----Original Message-----
From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of
Barry Mishkind
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 3:09 PM
To: sbe member discussion mail list
Subject: Re: [SBE] Industry retirement situation

None of these media have managed to make any money aside from a few
publicized buyouts, so "embracing" such media is still premature. 
Would one want to learn how to make buggywhips?

Without a clear view of how things will shake down - and which ones 
may have a viable economic foundation    the rest is just talk that 
does not help people who are scrambling just to survive.

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> > The really sad part is that while we can see these issues, the tech 

> > folks have relatively little leverage to do much. Sort of like a 

> > train engineer, we can only drive on the tracks we are given.

> > Until the content problem is solved - a way to involve young people 

> > in the air product - we will see more erosion in listeners/sales. 

> > The challenge for engineers to avoid being red-lined.

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