[SBE] In Need of Mentoring

[k7cr]

Let me add that I too have met a number of folks in this 
business that have not received any formal education in this 
field and yet appear to do quite well.    I suspect that this 
has been the case in many fields.    I am thankful that I did
obtain a formal education with ton's of classroom and lab
time that enabled me to understand the why things work 
the way they do.  Then again the school I attended no longer
has the same courses.  I have met recently graduated EE's
that have absolutely zero practical knowledge.   When you 
have to get the job done, there is really no substitute for 
experience.

Bottom line - I'd opt for, at least, 2 years of electronics
training before thinking about this field.  In the mean time
two hobbies are as great asset - Computers and Ham Radio.

Clay Freinwald, K7CR