Hello Bill,

... Also, I am mostly, but not entirely, an analog specialist,
which has put me somewhat into the Jurassic Age.


Not really. Newly minted engineers know remarkably little about analog
techniques. Yet at the beginning and the end of circuits stuff usually
needs to connect to the analog world. So don't be surprised when someone
begs you to do just one more stint when you are past 90.

Then again a SW engineer once told me that nothing is truly analog.
There is always that smallest digital step, the quantum.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com