Are the Glory Days of Analog Engineering Over? 236
An anonymous reader writes with this article about the future of the analog engineer. Some say technology advancements are obsoleting the need for analog engineers, while others say that good, experienced analog designers will always be needed and currently are in short supply. After years spent encouraging engineering students to focus on software and digital electronics, some people say the day of reckoning appears to be drawing near: Many analog mixed-signal design jobs now stay open longer or are simply going unfilled, say recruiters, with some engineers even unable to retire because they can't find a suitable replacement. On the one hand, some people blame the shift from analog to digital, which produced a generation of engineers who speak the language of code, not circuit schematics. On the other hand, others say that with the advent of systems-on-chip, the easy availability of free circuits, pioneered by companies like TSMC, and software tools to verify designs, there is simply less need for analog designers.
Re:The world... (Score:5, Funny)
It would posit that if Heisenberg were still alive, he would disagree with you.
But Heisenberg is in a resolved Schrödinger's cat problem...
As Bob Widlar used to say... (Score:4, Funny)
"Every idiot can count to one"
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The Definition of Skills Shortage (Score:5, Funny)
Skills Shortage: The situation in which employers find themselves victimized by price gouging by employees with said skill in the form of demands for higher than minimum wage for temporary employment.