Is Microprocessor/Controller Design Dead?

blanchae asks: "I work for a Canadian post-secondary institute and I have been scouring the web job sites, newspapers and newsgroups for career adds for microprocessor/controller based electronic designers at the technology level (2 years training). We are re-evaluating our curriculum and are looking at the job market as one way of warranting specialization training to existing programs. There's lots of career adds for embedded controller designers with University degrees but not a thing for technology level microprocessor/controller design. It is very puzzling. So the question is: Is microprocessor/controller design dead? Has it moved offshore? Is it off the radar and mainly in small upstart companies (5 to 25 employees) that hire word of mouth and not through the big corporate media methods?"

Comments

Not *all* dead

[bcat24]

Maybe it's only mostly dead. Remember, there's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, there's only one thing you can do....

Re:Not *all* dead

[Daengbo]

Maybe he should've checked the ads for adds instead of the adds for adds, because they might've added the ads but failed to add the adds. Infact, from what I can tell, they mightn't be dead at all, but merely addled ....

Re:And you expect to find the answer here?

[__aaclcg7560]

This is indeed most puzzling. If this was an American school, they would hire a big money consultant to conduct a year long study on the practical options. The consultant himself, however, would turn to Slashdot after being on the beach for nearly a year and write up the report the day before it's due.

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[Anonymous Coward]

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