Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - (Page 21) FIGURE 10. Satisfaction with career choice. FIGURE 11. Satisfaction with current position. ready quite yet for retirement, but without a steady influx of new blood, it won’t be too many years before the numbers begin to dwindle as older members begin to retire at a steady pace. Recently, AOL ran an article on the top jobs in the U.S. based on a salary and education matrix. The types of jobs listed ranged from non-degreed jobs that paid $10 per hour to six-year degree jobs that paid $30 per hour. In reviewing the over 30 positions represented, I did not find a mention of electrical engineer, PCB designer or PCB layout engineer. For the 56.5% of you who responded that your company offers a tuition reimbursement program, you might want to consider going after that BSEE. It appears to be a short cut to a significant salary jump. If more schooling is not for you, that’s okay, too. Just keep enriching your experiences with company-sponsored classes, technical conference attendance and on-the-job training because it looks like education is a key factor in recognition, salary and overall achievement in PCB design. PCD&F KATHY NARGI-TOTH is editor of Printed Circuit Design & Fab; knargitoth@upmediagroup.com. The Strong Silent Type Si l Integrity I t Signal I t it Interconnects with Rugged F t t ith R d Features www.samtec.com/ruggedsi DECEMBER 2007 6640 SAM StrongSilent_PCDM.indd 1 PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN & FAB PM 21 9/19/07 1:09:25 http://www.samtec.com/ruggedsi
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 Contents Our Line Market Watch Around the World Happenings ROI 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey Interconnect Strategies Positive Plating RF Design Ad Index Noise Reduction Supply Chain DfM Off the Shelf Marketplace The Signal Doctor Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 (Page Cover1) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 (Page Cover2) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 (Page 1) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Contents (Page 2) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Contents (Page 3) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Our Line (Page 4) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Our Line (Page 5) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Market Watch (Page 6) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Market Watch (Page 7) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Market Watch (Page 8) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Around the World (Page 9) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Around the World (Page 10) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Around the World (Page 11) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Happenings (Page 12) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Happenings (Page 13) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - ROI (Page 14) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - ROI (Page 15) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page 16) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page V1) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page V2) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page 17) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page 18) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page 19) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page 20) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - 2007 PCB Designer Salary Survey (Page 21) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Interconnect Strategies (Page 22) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Interconnect Strategies (Page 23) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Positive Plating (Page 24) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Positive Plating (Page 25) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - RF Design (Page 26) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - RF Design (Page 27) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Ad Index (Page 28) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Ad Index (Page 29) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Ad Index (Page 30) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Ad Index (Page 31) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Noise Reduction (Page 32) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Noise Reduction (Page 33) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Noise Reduction (Page 34) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Noise Reduction (Page 35) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Supply Chain (Page 36) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Supply Chain (Page 37) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Supply Chain (Page 38) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Supply Chain (Page 39) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - DfM (Page 40) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - DfM (Page 41) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - DfM (Page 42) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Off the Shelf (Page 43) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Marketplace (Page 44) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Marketplace (Page 45) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Marketplace (Page 46) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - Marketplace (Page 47) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - The Signal Doctor (Page 48) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - The Signal Doctor (Page Cover3) Printed Circuit Design & Fab - December 2007 - The Signal Doctor (Page Cover4)
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