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  1. paulfrancis

    MS XAML is weird, kind of cool, but weird. So, is WinForms dead?

    MS XAML is weird, kind of cool, but weird. It looks like a total replacement for WinForms. As far as I can tell so far, the only thing going for WinForms now, once XAML is released, is that WinForms run on win2k, XAML doesn't. Hmmm, it looks like, thanks to loads of win2ks out there that I...
  2. paulfrancis

    literature for introduction to C programming

    Well, to start, why do you want to learn C now? What plat are you developing on? What applications for it are you looking at? C++ mostly replaced C except for some things, like the Linux kernel. For business type apps, which I work in, and which, from my observations, most of the jobs in the...
  3. paulfrancis

    Mechanical engineer salary, 6 years experience

    Agree with PSE, your current employer probably won't offer you what you can get from switching employers. Not sure why that is, but it just sort of is. Just don't do it too often and avoid mentioning your current salary in an interview.
  4. paulfrancis

    Changing Engineering Fields

    I basically bailed out of traditional Chemical Engineering a long time ago and switched over to the IT consulting end. I guess one description of what I do is process control, automation, and optimization for the (mostly) service sector. I occasionally work a deal in the manufacturing...
  5. paulfrancis

    Complete the Phd or go for MSE?

    I am more or less quoting someone, but I can't remember who. Don't want to plagiarize, but don't remember the source, it's not me. I think he was a General or something. As far as project managers go, there are two simple rules: When placed in command: Take charge When faced with a...
  6. paulfrancis

    Complete the Phd or go for MSE?

    Don't bother with academia for project management skills. Experience is the most important thing. Learning project management from a professor?????? Maybe they manage a dozen or so grad students (at best, yeah, most profs have never managed that many people. Most profs maybe managed a couple...
  7. paulfrancis

    Complete the Phd or go for MSE?

    I have a PhD in Chemical Engineering. My advice, based on my experience, at least for Chemical Engineering, is ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY DO NOT GET A PhD IN ENGINERING. You would probably be better off doing something, anything, really anything else. DO NOT GET A PhD IN ENGINEERING! The number...
  8. paulfrancis

    SKILLS SHORTAGE IN ENGINEERING?

    A "labor shortage" cannot exist. It's the whole supply and demand thing. Wish the professional organizations would start screaming as loud as industry about a "wage shortage" that is insufficient to attract enough students. Paul.
  9. paulfrancis

    There are plenty of Engineers on the way

    Fortunately, though, the number of foreigners coming to the US for graduate school is starting to fall. Paul
  10. paulfrancis

    Who is to blame for US outsourcing

    The current worries over outsourcing are probably temporary. The Indians and Chinese will get a LOT more expensive in the years to come when the dollar crashes in value relative to their currencies. It's already begun to crash against the Euro. It is starting to crash against the yen. It...

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