Now we're getting more into design than basic electronic theory.
I had thought about getting into electronic design, then computers came along and I ended up going in that direction. My last 5 years in the Navy was as a Systems Analyst. That was in the days before it required an engineering degree.
If you know what an Octopus is for testing transistors, you're talking to the person who built the first one ever. I didn't design it, I just built it and still have the original one as a keepsake. Even tho the Navy paid for all the parts.
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