I had the "advantage" of being poor when I was a kid. Anything I wanted, I usually had to build from scratch.

I desperately wanted an electronics lab. So I built it from the ground up -- the first thing was a power supply. And it just grew from there.

 

Like Einstein was reported to have uttered, 'Imagination is worth far more than knowledge' IOW the ability to 'conceptualize' is usually followed by knowledge, but not necessarily the reverse.
Some of the best engineers I knew were the ones that got their hands dirty, also had the said ability to conceptualize a solution to a problem.
The ability to gain knowledge and to build electronic devices and circuits now is far cheaper than when I started out, when it took half a weeks wages to by one of the 'new' IC's.!
Max.

dear sir,
some factors prevent one to think like Einstein,i have been challenging myself to get things out of this profession,the more i try,the tougher it becomes

 

This doesn't surprise me: EE courses will teach you a decent amount of what you need to know about circuit analysis (that is, calculating voltages, currents, impedances, and so forth, in a given circuit), but they don't do a very good job of teaching circuit synthesis (the "how" and "what" of putting stuff together to achieve a desired result). And they do an even poorer job of cultivating the thought processes that go into creating brand new designs.

Those are things you are going to have to do on your own, and they will take a LOT of time and effort to master.


This post describes some of what they do, as do the other posts in that thread.

thanks ,,,i will revisit circuit theory again

 

dear sir,
some factors prevent one to think like Einstein,i have been challenging myself to get things out of this profession,the more i try,the tougher it becomes

Maybe that is the problem. You are thinking backwards and, therefore, you may not have been born to be an engineer. You say things like, “I have been challenging myself to get things out of the profession” (how about putting things into the profession). You said, “

i want to be remembered one day through my profession

How about being remembered because you solved a problem.

 

I had the "advantage" of being poor when I was a kid. Anything I wanted, I usually had to build from scratch.

I desperately wanted an electronics lab. So I built it from the ground up -- the first thing was a power supply. And it just grew from there.

please, explain more,you might be helping me build some confidence in me

 

Maybe that is the problem. You are thinking backwards and, therefore, you may not have been born to be an engineer. You say things like, “I have been challenging myself to get things out of the profession” (how about putting things into the profession). You said, “
How about being remembered because you solved a problem.

i really meant to be a problem solver in the nearest future,i read everyday but it seems to me that i can`t compete with other engineering students in other continent in practicals..that`s my worries

 

As many have already mentioned, the sense of purpose and desire has to come from inside of you, it almost sounds as though you are going about it from the reverse way, IOW You have an innate desire and you pursue it, but you appear to be saying how do I acquire the innate desire?.
It would be like me, saying I would like very much to be a veterinarian, but I need something to give me the desire to be one!
Max.

 

i really meant to be a problem solver in the nearest future,i read everyday but it seems to me that i can`t compete with other engineering students in other continent in practicals..that`s my worries

Then you’ll have to solve that problem. The easiest way to excel in life is to figure out what you CAN do well, not what you WANT to do well, or what OTHER people WANT you to do. Once you decide what you excel at, try to figure out how to make money at it. That is true unless your only skill is playing video games (since you already established that you are not good at programming).

Once you decide that you LIKE electrical engineering but you are not good at it, and you may be good at selling, or logistics, or recommending, or what ever. Then focus on your strengths.

 

...I would like very much to be a veterinarian, but I need something to give me the desire to be one!

Me too, but first I need someone to teach me to like animals.

 

please, explain more,you might be helping me build some confidence in me

What's to explain? I was intensely interested in electronics -- and did whatever was necessary to learn and develop my skills.

Those were pre-internet days. Spent an ungodly amount of time in libraries. I didn't have the wherewithal to build most of what interested me, so I learned to analyze circuits and "play" them in my mind. This led to such strong analytic abilities that, these days, a new design usually works as expected the first time.

 

And one thing I never assumed was that "I can't do it."

 

Then you’ll have to solve that problem. The easiest way to excel in life is to figure out what you CAN do well, not what you WANT to do well, or what OTHER people WANT you to do. Once you decide what you excel at, try to figure out how to make money at it. That is true unless your only skill is playing video games (since you already established that you are not good at programming).

Once you decide that you LIKE electrical engineering but you are not good at it, and you may be good at selling, or logistics, or recommending, or what ever. Then focus on your strengths.

i didn`t establish i am not good at programming,i have not been able to go into that when i am yet to understand fully how things work and how components interact with each other except you want me to incorporate while learning other things........

 

i have built some simple circuits but I googled the circuits diagrams to achieve that......

You need to do whatever it takes to understand the circuits you build and how they work.
If you don't do that, them just building them will not add much to your knowledge.

 

And one thing I never assumed was that "I can't do it."

thanks for this.i will work on that

 

You need to do whatever it takes to understand the circuits you build and how they work.
If you don't do that, them just building them will not add much to your knowledge.

thanks for this input..............can i achieve that by removing components one at a time? or how best can i go about that?

 

thanks for this input..............can i achieve that by removing components one at a time? or how best can i go about that?

You could also let the "magic smoke" out, one at a time...but that won't get you far. Except the knowledge of how to let the smoke out.

 

How do i become an electrical engineering guru?

You make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. My career began with curiosity so yes, took things apart to see what made them "tick" and yes, at a very young age shoved a butter knife in the toaster which was a shocking experience. My early education consisted of the basic fundamentals like DC theory followed by AC theory and the marvels of the vacuum tube or for others the valve. Transistors developed in the 50s were still popular in the early 70s. I was pretty sold that you could get to the moon using CK722 transistors. Education in electrical engineering is never ending. You need to constantly stay abreast of changes and new developments so it is not like you graduate school take a degree and you are good for life. Additionally my little observation is the engineering disciplines have become pretty specialized. Before I retired when we looked for new hires we would look for younger people with not only a good ability to learn but those with some schooling in for example programming skills for a specific language or being familiar with micro-controllers, things which never existed during my schooling or formative years. Well unless we consider a Bi-Tran 6 computer to be state of the art which it was.

Once you find a job you enjoy doing what you like to do in the field my advice is stick with it. I made mistakes along the way and sometimes my really great ideas on how to do something met with failure. There is a learning curve to development. I enjoyed my work and my career and am thankful I was able to market my skills and abilities over the decades. I also had the opportunity to learn from some really great engineers over the years, including my father who nurtured me. Finally electronics or electrical engineering is not for everyone. You need to like it.My opinion is to have a successful career in anything you need to like it.

Finally this classic:

Ron

 

i woke up today and found myself worrying on so many things.............the one that tops the list i keep asking myself a thousand times;
what do other electrical engineers do behind the scene that i am not aware of or has been taught so far?...
what do these people do behind the scene that an electrical engineering student do not know?

Ironically, and I think many others were the same, I started out, not thinking of the future, or how big a paycheck I would get at the end of the week, I went for something I loved doing and someone who would pay me for doing it, if it got to be boring or mundane, I switched to something else, perhaps I was a little naive, but I am one of the fortunate few that can say I feel I did not work a day in my life, ended up with my own company, and although I did not make a fortune by some standards, I was happy doing what I did.
Max.

 

thanks for this input..............can i achieve that by removing components one at a time? or how best can i go about that?

Absolutely not.
You look at the circuit and determine the function of each component in the circuit.
You should have learned enough about circuits in your courses to understand how most of them work.
If you don't know how a component works then you look it up.

If you post an example of a simple circuit that you don't understand, we can help you go through it.

 

I second MaxHeadRoom's comment on not going into Electronics with the aim to make a fortune. I did it because of a fascination and love of it.
If you are looking to just make money, find a profession that you can do that will pay well, and maybe have electronics as a hobby.
For most of my life I too have been blessed to work in a field I love. And I could never tell you what my pay rate was. That was something I'd have to look up as it was not that important, unless I ran out of money that is
But if you can make a fortune in electronics, good on you!

Have you made much in the way of electronics? For instance, almost 45 years ago, I made my in-laws a yodeling door bell that was unique to them and they were very impressed.

I'm a bit a "seat of the pants" electronics designer. My formal qualifications are just to technician standard but that has not stopped me having a very long and successful electronics career. In fact there are some of my designs in various places around the world, not just here in Oz.