For some time now we’ve been bombarded with news about how bad the economy is. It seems like every time you turn on the news there is talk of how the unemployment rate is the “highest it’s been in the last thousand years” (I’m paraphrasing, of course). Even though I was aware of all the [...]
This is an interesting article I found via Clive Maxfield (Engineer Extraordinaire) about programming skills that were once mandatory. One interesting bit was Hungarian notation. I use Camel Case but I still prefix pointers with a lower case “p” so I guess I’m still a little old school. Punch cards are thankfully no more but [...]
I just read this article about how the annual Software Development Conference has been obsoleted. Earlier this year, TI cancelled one of it’s major annual conferences as well. Of course these are all probably a sign of the current economic situation where people just can’t afford to pay for a conference. Companies can’t afford the [...]
You may already know that the Embedded Systems Conference for Silicon Valley is going to be this month. I’m just curious to see how many people are planning on attending. Just to make this an official survey I’d like to know the following:
Are you going to ESC?
If attending, I’d like to know if your company [...]
I just found this article about using C++ in embedded systems. I found it very amusing how the author refers to the language:
C++ isn’t a programming language; it’s a worldwide research project running about in disguise
The article cites a recent study in which only 26% of the respondents used C++. I think this is [...]
There’s a great article over on EETimes about how the Dean of Engineering at Stanford University is proposing some changes to how schools should prepare engineers. He lists 10 proposals for improving engineering education:
1. Engineering schools need to develop ”T-Shaped People.” In other words, engineers need to learn their discipline in depth. But they also [...]
I’m a big advocate for continuing professional development. I am constantly reading technical books as well as books on self improvement. I like to read articles written by the gurus–hey, they must be doing something right if they’re getting published. But I’m amazed when I find a guru who is willing to admit that even [...]
There has been a lot of discussion these last few years about the state of the engineering profession. Lots of talk about jobs going overseas and how special interest groups should lobby Congress to limit the number of H1B visas for foreign engineers. The last few months have been particularly unforgiving as the economy goes [...]
