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| From | Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: Gone awfully quiet! |
| Date | 2025-10-17 09:21 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <mlf8ouF55t5U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 10/15/25 11:27 AM, ehsjr wrote: > On 10/15/2025 10:33 AM, john larkin wrote: >> On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:24:55 -0700, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On 10/5/25 10:42 AM, john larkin wrote: >>>> On Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:54:56 +0100, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I can't help noticing since I drew everyone's attention to Grok that >>>>> it's gone awfully quiet around here. I did postulate that AI might >>>>> kill this group, but maybe it's happening quicker than I'd expected. >>>>> :-( >>>> >>>> No, it's just that few people design electronics now. >>>> >>> >>> And the ones who still do, they don't let them retire :-( >> >> Yes. I know a couple of guys who retired voluntarily or were nudged >> out by bean counters. Now they work as much as they please, > > Yes > >> for their >> former employers, > > No > <raises hand to object> When our whole engineering department was closed and thus all our jobs vanished at my first employer, my phone rang at 6:10am the day after. Literally six hours and ten minutes after my employment had formally ended. A real crisis call. Except by then I was a consultant. They had wisely signed my agreement beforehand. >> and make a lot more money. > > Per unit time. > And that's the beauty. They don't suck you into endless boring meetings because the "taxi meter" would keep ticking during those. Meaning you can work on other client's stuff that time. Or do a mountain bike trip. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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Gone awfully quiet! Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-05 17:54 +0100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-05 10:42 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Phil Hobbs <pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net> - 2025-10-05 21:49 +0000
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-05 14:59 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Buzz McCool <buzz_mccool@yahoo.com> - 2025-10-07 10:54 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Gerhard Hoffmann <dk4xp@arcor.de> - 2025-10-07 20:42 +0200
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-09 15:16 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-05 22:58 +0100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-14 22:24 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-15 07:33 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-15 14:27 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 09:21 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> - 2025-10-17 15:12 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2025-10-17 13:40 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-05 15:42 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-05 13:55 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-05 17:28 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-05 15:06 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-05 18:29 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-10-06 02:08 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-05 19:24 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-05 20:01 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-06 15:04 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-06 14:21 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-06 17:38 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-06 23:49 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-06 21:11 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2025-10-11 13:02 +0100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-11 09:56 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-11 10:06 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-12 22:31 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 10:25 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-13 03:01 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-12 12:35 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-13 18:51 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-13 12:26 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-14 17:17 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-14 10:02 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-15 03:23 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-14 14:02 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-15 17:10 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! "Edward Rawde" <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-10-15 11:27 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-16 16:52 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-14 07:13 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> - 2025-10-14 17:33 +0200
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-14 09:26 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-15 17:41 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-10-18 12:43 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-18 11:25 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-19 18:02 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-19 07:52 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-20 18:06 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-10-18 12:46 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-15 03:38 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-12 10:13 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-13 20:10 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-13 07:41 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-13 09:01 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-14 16:43 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-14 07:16 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-16 00:03 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-15 07:48 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-16 17:02 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-16 10:19 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-18 17:45 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-18 07:46 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-10-18 16:39 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-18 13:49 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! bitrex <user@example.net> - 2025-10-18 17:23 -0400
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-19 18:34 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-19 10:34 +0100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-19 07:57 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-20 03:56 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Cursitor Doom <cd6699@notformail.com> - 2025-10-26 09:27 +0000
Re: Gone awfully quiet! liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-10-26 11:24 +0000
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-14 03:53 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-13 19:29 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-14 16:27 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl - 2025-10-11 00:36 +0200
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2025-10-10 16:19 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> - 2025-10-05 22:42 +0100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-06 16:53 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-06 16:24 +1100
Re: Gone awfully quiet! john larkin <jl@glen--canyon.com> - 2025-10-06 08:06 -0700
Re: Gone awfully quiet! Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> - 2025-10-07 15:46 +1100
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