[SBE] In Need of Mentoring

[Bob Reite]

In the old days, if you knew RF, you were guaranteed a job.  Maybe not 
one that paid real well, but you could still find work.  But two years 
ago, before the economy imploded, I friend of mine searched for 9 months 
before he could find another chief engineer gig.   This was due to media 
consolidation, the station he was working for before got swallowed up, 
and management said we don't need two engineers.

Nowadays, you need strong IT skills as computers and networking are 
showing up everywhere in the broadcast plant, not just the billing, 
payroll department, or even radio automation, computers and 
microprocessors are now a staple at transmitter sites.

I still think you'll need more than just a high school diploma, however, 
I've built my contract engineering business with just a two year AA 
degree from a community college.

Edwin Bukont wrote:

> you nailed it.

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> Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT 

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>  > Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:50:24 -0400

>  > From: sbe at hidden-valley.com

>  > To: sbe at sbe.org

>  > Subject: Re: [SBE] In Need of Mentoring

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>  > What do you think will happen, long term?

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>  > I predict that technology will completely do away with the need for a

>  > real engineer, and common tasks will be done by someone at a high

>  > school competency.

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>  > For heavier things, contracts with the transmitter manufacturer will

>  > be the norm for the rare occasions that something must be serviced.

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>  > Jeff

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>  > On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Edwin Bukont <ebukont at msn.com> wrote:

>  > > Jeff is correct.

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>  > > We have two radio CE's in DC that did not even graduate HS.

>  > > One even brags about it!!  Some could care less about color codes,

>  > > electrical codes, good practices etc.  I had the DOE of a publicly 

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>  > > group tell me that standards are a waste of my time and his money!!  TV

>  > > appears to return a better value on the cost of education,,,but 

> there are so

>  > > many changes that the learning is quickly outdated.  I think vendor 

> seminars

>  > > are a better use of one's time, talent and money.  Studio Hub has 

> removed

>  > > alot of the need to spend money on learning audio wiring.

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>  > > Edwin Bukont CSRE, DRB, CBNT

>  > > V- 240.417.2475; F- 240.368.1265

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