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Mark-H
Thu Feb 23 2012, 03:14PM
Mark-H Registered Member #607 Joined: Tue Mar 27 2007, 10:39AM
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Hobbies come and go. A career will most likely (but not always) be for life.
If I could do it again, I'd study dentistry...
Never seen a poor or bored dentist!
Cheers.
Mark.
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Pinky's Brain
Thu Feb 23 2012, 03:50PM
Pinky's Brain Registered Member #2901 Joined: Thu Jun 03 2010, 01:25PM
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Steve Conner wrote ...

Study law or medicine of course! :p Or find out what qualifications JP Morgan etc. want in their graduates, I have no idea. Probably some kind of math.
Applied mathematics is as specialized as I'd go ... gambling quants will still be in demand in 5 years with the stability of the current economic system is unnecessary, if you're good applied maths will be close enough ... and if the financial industry craters (or you find you don't have the stomach to be a glorified hustler in a global casino) at least you can be useful in other fields.
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Chip Fixes
Fri Feb 24 2012, 01:35AM
Chip Fixes Registered Member #3781 Joined: Sat Mar 26 2011, 02:25AM
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Computer Science maybe? Jobs that have to do with computers are expected to grow a lot
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GrantX
Fri Feb 24 2012, 01:41AM
GrantX Registered Member #4074 Joined: Mon Aug 29 2011, 06:58AM
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Nik wrote ...

Buy (or carefully build) a violet wand. It livened up my high voltage hobby and got some friends interested as well.

I'm kinda wishing I didn't google image search that. However, my girlfriend now has a new birthday present :D
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Hazmatt_(The Underdog)
Fri Feb 24 2012, 02:43AM
Hazmatt_(The Underdog) Registered Member #135 Joined: Sat Feb 11 2006, 12:06AM
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1. Build a Class A guitar amp and learn the blues.
2. Glassblowing
3. Try to figure out White Anodize, (would tell you but what fun is that)
4. Photography
5. Digital Art
6. Draw
7. Go outside

sky is the limit

I've been doing electronics most of my life and it gets to be pretty hum-drum after a while, so I do different things, electronics still pays the bills though, and there are some exciting things out there that you don't even know about yet. Microwave electronics for one is very interesting and challenging to design. I'm still waiting to build up a power meter because I'm stuck fixing audio amps at the moment.
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testtest
Fri Feb 24 2012, 10:20PM
testtest Registered Member #3271 Joined: Mon Oct 04 2010, 02:29AM
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gren wrote ...

...when electricity no longer brings any joy, and they must choose what will be pursued when they apply for college?

Physics!
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teravolt
Sat Feb 25 2012, 02:46AM
teravolt Registered Member #195 Joined: Fri Feb 17 2006, 08:27PM
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just give it a short break till you feal inspired by something else. your probly over loaded or burned out
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Tetris
Sat Feb 25 2012, 11:08PM
Tetris Registered Member #4016 Joined: Thu Jul 21 2011, 01:52AM
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Nik wrote ...

Buy (or carefully build) a violet wand. It livened up my high voltage hobby and got some friends interested as well.
I googled that. CANNOT UNREAD WIKIPEDIA PAGE... but suddenly I want one. If I was a boy that would totally give me a double boner. But I think thats for people that *really* love high voltage.
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