Comments on: Generation “Why Aren’t I Better?” http://chrisgammell.com/2009/04/20/generation-why-arent-i-better/ Combining renewable energy, analog design and some real life experience. A delicious stew of engineering! Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:12:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A Day of Labor: My New Website and Project | Chris Gammell's Analog Life http://chrisgammell.com/2009/04/20/generation-why-arent-i-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 A Day of Labor: My New Website and Project | Chris Gammell's Analog Life Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:19:25 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=1072#comment-1161 [...] I need to be part of a site that is on neutral ground and with a community built around it. I, like many in my generation, was raised working in teams and I think this will be the best format to help disseminate knowledge [...] [...] I need to be part of a site that is on neutral ground and with a community built around it. I, like many in my generation, was raised working in teams and I think this will be the best format to help disseminate knowledge [...]

]]> By: Who Will Do The Actual Work When The Economy Recovers? | Chris Gammell's Analog Life http://chrisgammell.com/2009/04/20/generation-why-arent-i-better/comment-page-1/#comment-1007 Who Will Do The Actual Work When The Economy Recovers? | Chris Gammell's Analog Life Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:12:45 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=1072#comment-1007 [...] young people from the workplace back to school during this recession. It seems as though people in Generation Y are bailing left and right on current jobs and diving back under the safe covers of academia. And [...] [...] young people from the workplace back to school during this recession. It seems as though people in Generation Y are bailing left and right on current jobs and diving back under the safe covers of academia. And [...]

]]> By: When to Try Something vs When to Study Something | Chris Gammell's Analog Life http://chrisgammell.com/2009/04/20/generation-why-arent-i-better/comment-page-1/#comment-995 When to Try Something vs When to Study Something | Chris Gammell's Analog Life Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:42:37 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=1072#comment-995 [...] feel like this happens to Generation Y more than other generations. Not because we are dumber than others. Instead, I think we are so [...] [...] feel like this happens to Generation Y more than other generations. Not because we are dumber than others. Instead, I think we are so [...]

]]> By: Where Will I Use This Electrical Engineering Stuff? | Chris Gammell's Analog Life http://chrisgammell.com/2009/04/20/generation-why-arent-i-better/comment-page-1/#comment-972 Where Will I Use This Electrical Engineering Stuff? | Chris Gammell's Analog Life Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:16:37 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=1072#comment-972 [...] that I have been relearning lately has been tangential to the actual material we covered in classes back in my school days. Some of this is because I needed to go back and re-learn the absolute basics, such as [...] [...] that I have been relearning lately has been tangential to the actual material we covered in classes back in my school days. Some of this is because I needed to go back and re-learn the absolute basics, such as [...]

]]> By: Travis Power http://chrisgammell.com/2009/04/20/generation-why-arent-i-better/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Travis Power Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:55:37 +0000 http://chrisgammell.com/?p=1072#comment-934 When I graduated, I felt the same sort of let down that you describe here. I think it is because you move from a system that you know and understand and is very straight forward, to a system that is totally different, you don't understand, and is not very straightforward. The system I'm talking about is that in school you go to class, learn, do a test, get a grade. In the work environment it is very different. Aside from that, I went through a few years of thinking...wow I went to school, got my degree and now I'm going to sit here and work the rest of my life? Get paid and live? This sucks! Then I started getting motivated again, started a masters program and have started learning on my own through reading and networking. I think continuous development of skills and knowledge is important so that your career progression doesn't flatten out or halt altogether. When I graduated, I felt the same sort of let down that you describe here. I think it is because you move from a system that you know and understand and is very straight forward, to a system that is totally different, you don’t understand, and is not very straightforward. The system I’m talking about is that in school you go to class, learn, do a test, get a grade. In the work environment it is very different.

Aside from that, I went through a few years of thinking…wow I went to school, got my degree and now I’m going to sit here and work the rest of my life? Get paid and live? This sucks!

Then I started getting motivated again, started a masters program and have started learning on my own through reading and networking. I think continuous development of skills and knowledge is important so that your career progression doesn’t flatten out or halt altogether.

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