Hello all, a little background on me. I'm in my 30's and have worked in the field for about 12 years now. I eventually hit that "wall" and realized that unless I went to school I'd always be a technician no matter where I went. So, a few years ago I started my bachelors in EE part-time. The more work experience I gain the more I hear "analog is dead, everything will be digital eventually. There isn't really a need to spend a lot of time learning about op-amps, FETs, etc"
Now I've done some embedded software, and I've also done some "lightweight" analog circuits before. I agree that digital is orders of magnitude easier in a lot of cases, but at the end of the day won't you always need some sort of transducer to generate a signal for processing? Wouldn't this device have to rely on an analog circuit of some sort? This is just one example, but I think I've made my point.
To sum it all up, I like programming but I'm REALLY interested in mastering the analog side of things. At the end of the day...is it worth it? Thoughts?
Now I've done some embedded software, and I've also done some "lightweight" analog circuits before. I agree that digital is orders of magnitude easier in a lot of cases, but at the end of the day won't you always need some sort of transducer to generate a signal for processing? Wouldn't this device have to rely on an analog circuit of some sort? This is just one example, but I think I've made my point.
To sum it all up, I like programming but I'm REALLY interested in mastering the analog side of things. At the end of the day...is it worth it? Thoughts?