EE careers: New directions but old issues: To manage or not to manage, how to avoid obsolescence, how to maintain the joy of creating- The old debates haven't slackened as EES enter their second century

As electrical engineering enters its second century the profession is, by many indicators, in better shape than ever. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected that over half a million more engineering jobs will open up in the next decade. Antitechnology sentiments of the 1960s have waned; the public is enamored of electronics.