[monkmartinez]

I like the aesthetic of the page and understand they are "talking their book"... but I have to wonder if there is any merit to the claims they state on the web page: "Today, the last generation of technicians is retiring faster than the next is being trained to replace them. ETA International reports that there is a critical shortage of electronics technicians. Universities educate electrical engineers but do not usually train technicians for electronics service and repair." [1]

Is there a real demand for these skills out there? What does the pay structure look like?

I assume these types of jobs would require lots of travel if you are not in a big city... or there are few opportunities if you do not live in a place with lots of industry. I have so many questions... As I near retirement from my first career, I think about doing something to stay challenged into my 50's and 60's.

[1]https://rsdacademy.net/RSDAcademyCourses.php

[digitallyfree]

Not sure about the demand for technicians, but I will say that many EEs today don't really have the practical experience that a EE several decades ago would have. I know many students who have never touched a soldering iron, are afraid of working inside a computer, and would not be able to repair a basic piece of equipment. I would imagine that technician support would be needed for those engineers in the lab.

[geomark]

Even several decades when I was a technician most of the new EEs where I worked had very little practical experience. It was worse than them not being able to do basic repairs; their wonderful designs would usually not work and they were unable to figure out why.

[fock]

Well, their jobs got moved to China anyway and they started doimg marketing, so...