Optikon
New Member
Umm.. I cancelled mine after years & years of membership? Why?
Well because it was utterly useless to me.
1) Subscribing to the journals & societies was slightly useful but I found it was full of graduate papers.. Lots of good theoretical stuff but very focused and no practical use.. research stuff...
2) Benefits packages they offered were good if you had no job. I had a job and my benefits were orders of magnitude better..
3) Basic membership didnt offer any real advantages in terms of getting ahold of IEEE standards documents.. still had to pay an arm & a leg for them.. maybe saved a finger.. don't need memebership to buy these.
4) Student branches were a joke when I was in school.. why bother, I had too many other things to worry about.. like graduating..
It seems that having the membership is only popular because people thinks its popular. I found no real use to me in any other aspect.. after years of paying dues(well employer did) I realized it was pointless.
IF your experiences have been different, please share!!
Well because it was utterly useless to me.
1) Subscribing to the journals & societies was slightly useful but I found it was full of graduate papers.. Lots of good theoretical stuff but very focused and no practical use.. research stuff...
2) Benefits packages they offered were good if you had no job. I had a job and my benefits were orders of magnitude better..
3) Basic membership didnt offer any real advantages in terms of getting ahold of IEEE standards documents.. still had to pay an arm & a leg for them.. maybe saved a finger.. don't need memebership to buy these.
4) Student branches were a joke when I was in school.. why bother, I had too many other things to worry about.. like graduating..
It seems that having the membership is only popular because people thinks its popular. I found no real use to me in any other aspect.. after years of paying dues(well employer did) I realized it was pointless.
IF your experiences have been different, please share!!