Demand For Analog Engineers is High

Globalization and the rise of a tech economy worldwide often lead to images of Silicon Valley engineers and software developers being outsourced or offshored. But the analog engineer, long in high demand, is enjoying even more of a heyday as the world goes digital. They’re largely immune from offshoring.

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The article states that many of the engineers at Linear bought their own workbench equipment. I can relate to that – As a Ham and a tinkerer, I’ve been putting together a workbench in the basement for years, and part of the fun is finding the old equipment at a great price and then making it work again.