Odd Erling N. Eriksen wrote:
Tim Wescott wrote:


The MSc degree doesn't train you how to _be_ an engineer, it trains you
how to _learn how to be_ an engineer.


-I know, I know - I just wish that we could spend more time in the lab
trying to figure out the practical implications of the theory we had
learned; don't get me wrong. Thanks for your input, by the way.


I don't know how much time they have you spending in the lab, but I home
you get _some_. Some lab work is essential, if for no other reason than
to bring to you, as forcibly as possible, the fact that lab work and
theoretical work are two entirely different things. On the other hand
if all they do is train you to be a jumped-up technician then they
haven't served you very well.

--

Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com