Jerry_yuan
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Hi, are there any IEEE members in this forum?
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I'll see you a 70's and raise you an early 80's. Like many practicing engineers I concluded long ago that the IEEE was very nearly irrelevant in my career or for my professional development. It exists to provide the academic community a place to publish papers. I was never able to discern any other purpose3v0 said:I was a member in the mid 70's. Does that count ..
Papabravo said:I'll see you a 70's and raise you an early 80's. Like many practicing engineers I concluded long ago that the IEEE was very nearly irrelevant my career or for my professional development. It exists to provide the academic community a place to publish papers. I was never able to discern any other purpose
Be sure to tell us what the party line is nowadays. I might even be surprised.evandude said:Interestingly enough, there's an IEEE talk at my school in a few days entitled "Benefits of IEEE Membership During an Engineer's Entire Career". So we'll see what their arguments are
Papabravo said:Be sure to tell us what the party line is nowadays. I might even be surprised.
That's $360 per year!! Even now I couldn't afford that even if the magazine was plated with 6 microinches of gold. A resume padder? I don't think so -- not on my desk it wouldn't be.arod said:I am a member. As a student, you only pay 30 dollars a month and get a magazine every month that has some good reads in it. Its also a resume padder for a first job.
arod said:I am a member. As a student, you only pay 30 dollars a month and get a magazine every month that has some good reads in it. Its also a resume padder for a first job.
evandude said:Interestingly enough, there's an IEEE talk at my school in a few days entitled "Benefits of IEEE Membership During an Engineer's Entire Career". So we'll see what their arguments are
At least they're encouraging you to think about retirement which you should be doing anyway. You don't want to be unemployed at 55 with nothing put aside. The earlier you start the better off you'll be.Optikon said:As an _active_ IEEE member during my school years and now 6 years into my career, you can trust me when I say IEEE does nothing for career and is utterly useless IMO. They really jumped the shark when they started offering insurance & retirement non-sense.