On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:36:40 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:02:20 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:
"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
news:9l1ln057hjegvdfdjbkqdi9ao96bsuf3oe@4ax .com...

That would be because I'm a design engineer,

Was one, Pinky. Past tense. You are now an IT clone.

Once an engineer, always an engineer. And the world is controlled by
digital stuff nowadays, didn't you know?

Yes, but you were an analogue engineer weren't you, so even less
relevance.

Precision analogue specialist in the '70s, mixed signal engineer in
the '80s, as the front end signal conditioners acquired more digital
content. The kit I was designing (mainly automated test equipment) was
always computer-controlled, although the computers became massively
more powerful in the '80s. Progress, y'know.....

Wasn't it you who once said that you got out *because* it went digital?

No. Still making up stories to suit your prejudices?

So back to my comment... relevance?

To what?

I don't call myself either a sailor or a paramedic just because I used
to be one. Perhaps you should realise the past is past.

OTOH, I'm still doing engineering work, and I'm on an engineering
salary grade.

Where does "document developer" (aka letter writer?) and "project
manager" mention or even allude to engineering then?

If you need to ask.....................

I have nothing to do with 'letter writing', this is crafting a data
file into many thousands of documents in the mail, with maxiumum
efficiency, using the best available technology. Project management is
a different skill, but if you don't know the engineering involved,
you'll never hit the live date!

As a hobbyist and computer fan since circa 79 could someone like me (who
is not an engineer by any stretch of the imagination) do your job?

Possibly - it's not rocket science!

In
case you wondered from a practical standpoint I'm pretty much au fait
with most practical things related to computers including setting up
medium size networks, building PCs and generally a dab hand at figuring
out what I don't already know?

Which bits do you reckon I couldn't do?

Likely none, if you're basically practical, intelligent and computer
literate. As I said before, this is a wind down to retirement for me!
:-)

Out of interest what exactly is your official job title?

Document developer and project manager, Group Technology, grade
Infrastructure C. Unluckily, I only get one salary for the two hats!

Nope, thought so. No engineering mentioned there.

Such a shame that you are unable to decipher anything not containing a
particular word..................................
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering