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Hi all. I worked as a component engineer about 10 years ago and then ended up in IT as a programmer. You all know that IT has been laying off and not hiring much anymore, I am over 40 and I was thinking of going back to component engineering (capacitors, resistors, and some ICs). Do you think it is feasable or would companies be choosy ? Are there many component engineers around ? I tend to think that it is a very specialized activity not having such a glut of people as programming.
So would age (in US) be a problem ? I used to write specs and search part numbers but did not set up test boards to check out the components, I was never too great of a "designer" but I knew the characteristics of components and specs quite well . Would that be enough to cut it or would the companies expect alot more or would I need some updating in some aspects that are now in use and I don't know of ? Thanks alot for any ideas and impressions!
So would age (in US) be a problem ? I used to write specs and search part numbers but did not set up test boards to check out the components, I was never too great of a "designer" but I knew the characteristics of components and specs quite well . Would that be enough to cut it or would the companies expect alot more or would I need some updating in some aspects that are now in use and I don't know of ? Thanks alot for any ideas and impressions!