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From: Dirk Bell on 23 Feb 2010 18:26 On Feb 23, 12:16 am, Robert Hendarson <arseband...(a)yahoo.co.nz> wrote: > On Feb 23, 10:12 am, "labamba" <spootski...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi. > > > I just graduated in December with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from a > > prominent Southern California university. For privacy's sake, I won't > > disclose its name but I will say that its mascot rhymes with "shoo-ins".. > > Anyway, while I was there I took classes on a lot of different topics but > > the ones I enjoyed the most were the ones on signal processing (DSP, > > signals and systems, image processing, etc.). > > > I'd love to get a job in that field but every time I search for DSP related > > jobs I see several terms in the requirements section that I've never even > > heard of. When I was in college I studied things like FIR filters, IIR > > filters, Z-transforms, sampling, etc. But in these job listings I see > > things like ASIC, FPGA, VHDL, etc. > > > How can I teach myself these things? I'm taking a few free open courses at > > MIT on signal processing and I got a few books on college-level DSP > > exercises for MATLAB, but is that enough? I know I saw a few books on DSP > > programming in C. Would that do? > > > In other words, where should I go if I want to get a DSP related job? Do I > > have to go to grad school? > > Forget it. Get a real job in Analogue IC design. Every man and his dog > is doing DSP.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - You left off a couple of important words... Every man and his dog is doing DSP. Mostly not very well. Dirk
From: Dirk Bell on 23 Feb 2010 18:39 On Feb 22, 4:12 pm, "labamba" <spootski...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi. > > I just graduated in December with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from a > prominent Southern California university. For privacy's sake, I won't > disclose its name but I will say that its mascot rhymes with "shoo-ins". > Anyway, while I was there I took classes on a lot of different topics but > the ones I enjoyed the most were the ones on signal processing (DSP, > signals and systems, image processing, etc.). > > I'd love to get a job in that field but every time I search for DSP related > jobs I see several terms in the requirements section that I've never even > heard of. When I was in college I studied things like FIR filters, IIR > filters, Z-transforms, sampling, etc. But in these job listings I see > things like ASIC, FPGA, VHDL, etc. > > How can I teach myself these things? I'm taking a few free open courses at > MIT on signal processing and I got a few books on college-level DSP > exercises for MATLAB, but is that enough? I know I saw a few books on DSP > programming in C. Would that do? > > In other words, where should I go if I want to get a DSP related job? Do I > have to go to grad school? Given this economy it is a GREAT time to get more education. Look around for an educational bargain. At GA Tech in 1980 if you went for an MSEE (DSP) and were a Teaching Assistant, you paid in-state tuition and got paid enough (assuming you are single) that you could pay your tuition, books, and living expenses, and walk away with a degree and money in the bank (with no student loans). I can't say if that is still the case there or anywhere, but it is worth looking into. IEEE was saying that the average unemployed EE is out of work for 12 months (in US). You could get a masters degree in 12 months at a school whose course schedule supports it. Dirk
From: Clay on 24 Feb 2010 10:09 On Feb 23, 6:39 pm, Dirk Bell <bellda2...(a)cox.net> wrote: > On Feb 22, 4:12 pm, "labamba" <spootski...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi. > > > I just graduated in December with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from a > > prominent Southern California university. For privacy's sake, I won't > > disclose its name but I will say that its mascot rhymes with "shoo-ins".. > > Anyway, while I was there I took classes on a lot of different topics but > > the ones I enjoyed the most were the ones on signal processing (DSP, > > signals and systems, image processing, etc.). > > > I'd love to get a job in that field but every time I search for DSP related > > jobs I see several terms in the requirements section that I've never even > > heard of. When I was in college I studied things like FIR filters, IIR > > filters, Z-transforms, sampling, etc. But in these job listings I see > > things like ASIC, FPGA, VHDL, etc. > > > How can I teach myself these things? I'm taking a few free open courses at > > MIT on signal processing and I got a few books on college-level DSP > > exercises for MATLAB, but is that enough? I know I saw a few books on DSP > > programming in C. Would that do? > > > In other words, where should I go if I want to get a DSP related job? Do I > > have to go to grad school? > > Given this economy it is a GREAT time to get more education. Look > around for an educational bargain. At GA Tech in 1980 if you went for > an MSEE (DSP) and were a Teaching Assistant, you paid in-state tuition > and got paid enough (assuming you are single) that you could pay your > tuition, books, and living expenses, and walk away with a degree and > money in the bank (with no student loans). I can't say if that is > still the case there or anywhere, but it is worth looking into. IEEE > was saying that the average unemployed EE is out of work for 12 months > (in US). You could get a masters degree in 12 months at a school whose > course schedule supports it. > > Dirk- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I think it is harder now. The cost of tuition has gone up much faster than the amount of assistanceship. Now we have had big budget cuts in the state and the universities have annouced more fee increases. But sounds like you got a great deal. Back then I had an employer who paid my undergraduate degree and then my teaching during grad school paid for that. Clay
From: Rob Gaddi on 24 Feb 2010 12:04 On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:09:08 -0800 (PST) Clay <clay(a)claysturner.com> wrote: > [snip] > > I think it is harder now. The cost of tuition has gone up much faster > than the amount of assistanceship. Now we have had big budget cuts in > the state and the universities have annouced more fee increases. But > sounds like you got a great deal. Back then I had an employer who paid > my undergraduate degree and then my teaching during grad school paid > for that. > > Clay A friend of mine working for a large company that rhymes with Eneral Geletric says that not only do they cover her grad school tuition (up front, not as a reimbursement), but that she also gets PTO for the time that she's in classes. Nice deal if you can get it. Of course, that still leaves the bootstrapping issue of getting the job with EG with only the bachelor's, but that problem is left as an exercise for the student. -- Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology Email address is currently out of order
From: Clay on 24 Feb 2010 12:10
On Feb 24, 12:04 pm, Rob Gaddi <rga...(a)technologyhighland.com> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:09:08 -0800 (PST) > > Clay <c...(a)claysturner.com> wrote: > > [snip] > > > I think it is harder now. The cost of tuition has gone up much faster > > than the amount of assistanceship. Now we have had big budget cuts in > > the state and the universities have annouced more fee increases. But > > sounds like you got a great deal. Back then I had an employer who paid > > my undergraduate degree and then my teaching during grad school paid > > for that. > > > Clay > > A friend of mine working for a large company that rhymes with Eneral > Geletric says that not only do they cover her grad school tuition (up > front, not as a reimbursement), but that she also gets PTO for the time > that she's in classes. Nice deal if you can get it. Of course, that > still leaves the bootstrapping issue of getting the job with EG with > only the bachelor's, but that problem is left as an exercise for the > student. > > -- > Rob Gaddi, Highland Technology > Email address is currently out of order In the US, when your employer pays for grad school, that is a taxable benefit, unlike the case for undergrad. But tuition wavers offered by the school are however tax exempt! If the school's cost combined with an endentured servant's salary is low enough, its being taxable may not be a big deal. It just depends on where you sit on the pay scale. I enjoyed teaching (for a tuition waiver) at the school as it created no tax issues since I also had a full time day job. Clay |