Jay McSherry has held senior marketing positions at several major publishing houses. Presently, he is president of Butterflies & Castles, a marketing communications company based in Tenafly, NJ that offers research, strategic planning, and other marketing-related services to technology vendors and publishers. He holds a BS degree in marketing from Fordham University. He can be reached at (201) 871-0066. Email address: jaymcsherry@earthlink.net
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October 23, 2008[Engineering Feature] What's In Your Paycheck?
In this issue, the editors of Electronic Design once again present the results of our annual salary and opinion survey. Nearly 3000 of you answered our wide-ranging questions and shared your insights. Based on that research, this report provides a clear perspective on how you and your colleagues are doing and where salaries are headed. As in our previous surveys, we took a close look at how compensation (salaries, bonuses, and benefits) varies ...
October 19, 2007[Technology Report] Do Asian Engineers Have An Advantage?
According to our 2007 Reader Survey, Asian engineers will make an average of $111,952 in total compensation this year, compared to $102,272 for non-Asians - or nearly 10% more. This is despite the fact that Asian engineers are typically younger and significantly less experienced. They also have spent less time in their present position and with their current firm than their non-Asian counterparts. This discrepancy in income is consistent with data we've seen in...
October 19, 2007[Technology Report] Global Warming Strikes The Cubes And Benches
Engineering has been a tough profession over the past few years. Averse to market risk in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the market constrained its investment in R&D. Offshore outsourcing and an influx of lower-priced labor exerted a downward pressure on salaries and other compensation. And, uncertainty about the future had a chilling effect on engineers' hopes and dreams. But things seem to be warming up. According to our...
October 19, 2007[Technology Report] Small Firms Pay Less—But It May Be Worth It
Which suits you better: a large multinational conglomerate that comes with its own cafeteria and gym, or a small startup in an office park with a Wendy's down the street? According to our 2007 Reader Survey, engineers at larger firms (those with 1000 or more employees) earn an average income of $110,602, compared to the $94,169 brought home by their peers at the small design houses (firms with fewer than 100 employees). In addition to better pay, large...
October 19, 2007[Technology Report] Can't Get No Satisfaction
Times are pretty good, as 86% of today's engineers say they're generally satisfied in their current job. But not everyone feels the same. Which engineers are most likely to be unhappy? On the surface, they appear to be typical engineers in terms of age, gender, race, hours worked, and years of experience. However, disgruntled engineers are more likely to be underpaid and/or work for larger organizations (those with annual revenues averaging $3.2 billion). ...
October 19, 2007[Technology Report] EEs Join The Six-Figure Club
The average U.S. engineer now makes $102,748 in salary and bonuses, marking the first time EEs have reached six figures in the four years that we've done our salary surveys. And there's more good news, as the engineering and tech services industry added 66,300 jobs last year, putting that number at an all-time high. But there are troublesome signs behind this rosy picture. While base salaries are up 7%, bonuses are flat. Stock options and other...
October 19, 2007[Technology Report] The EE Profession: Dreams Versus Reality
Perhaps better than most people, engineers understand the difference between dreams and reality. After all, they're often presented with someone's dream (in the form of a design specification) and then are asked to make it real. Engineers face a similar challenge in their own careers. Like everyone else, they have a picture in their minds of how they'd like their careers to go. Then they're confronted with what's possible and what isn't. So, they...
Your Most Important Issue Of The Year 2006[Engineering Feature] Does Outsourcing Lower U.S. Engineering Salaries?
While the insourcing of foreign workers with H-1B visas takes center stage in the current trade debates, the outsourcing of U.S. engineering work remains an important issue for U.S. engineers. As one engineer put it, "Eliminating engineering H1-B visas will only accelerate outsourcing to India and China." In fact, it’s hard to find a more polarizing issue with engineers than the dispute over whether outsourcing actually contributes to unemployment,...
Your Most Important Issue Of The Year 2006[Engineering Feature] Finally, Salaries Are Rising Again
Few issues generate more passion these days than the controversy surrounding H1-B visas. Many U.S.-born engineers, including those who already have been displaced or consider themselves vulnerable to displacement, say the program costs countless American engineering jobs. Yet corporate OEM executives say their businesses, and the competitiveness of the American technology industry as a whole, depend on a deep pool of engineering talent, including workers from other...
Your Most Important Issue Of The Year 2006[Engineering Feature] Women In Engineering: Disparities Remain Despite Progress
Last year when then Harvard University president Lawrence H. Summers commented that "innate differences" between men and women might help explain the lack of top-level female professionals in science and engineering, it sparked a nationwide debate on the numbers and status of women in those fields. Here, five industry experts share their views on the challenges and opportunities facing women in engineering today. They also offer career advice for working members...
Your Most Important Issue Of The Year 2006[Engineering Feature] Are You Satisfied? Mixed Feelings Mark The Industry
Engineers truly are a conflicted bunch. Only 40% of the respondents to our 2006 survey feel strongly secure in their job, and fewer than half (47%) believe that a career path in engineering and the potential for salary advancement are as promising as they were five years ago. Yet 80% would recommend engineering as a career path to a young person looking to choose a profession. Similarly, most respondents say their company outsources engineering work. A majority...
Your Most Important Issue Of The Year 2006[Engineering Feature] EEs At Work: What You Make And What You Think
In their professional lives, engineers always strive to come up with optimal, elegant solutions to complex problems. The engineering profession itself, however, doesn't lend itself easily to such solutions. The influx of H-1B workers and a continued trend toward offshore outsourcing have made many readers of Electronic Design cynical and pessimistic. Yet the rewards of successfully fulfilling a need and getting reasonably well compensated for it instill in many a...
Your Most Important Issue Of The Year 2006[Engineering Feature] What H-1B Visa Holders Earn Compared To U.S. Engineers
The average H-1B visa holder responding to the Electronic Design 2006 Reader Profile Survey is 37 years old, has 14 years of engineering experience, puts in 47 hours at work, holds a bachelor's degree or higher, and makes $76,902 in base salary. Here's how that compares with U.S. engineers who fit the same composite profile. See Associated Table: COMPARING SALARIES OF U.S. ENGINEERS AND H-1B VISA HOLDERS ...
October 20, 2005[YOUR Issue] Our Annual Look At EEs In The Workplace
Rising political tensions. Dropping interest rates. Near total globalization of markets. Regulators cranking out a dizzying array of rules. With so much change happening all around us, it's natural to want to get some perspective. Electronic Design's editors share their annual view of the current state of the engineering profession in this special issue. As in the past, the information published in this issue comes from the annual Reader Profile Survey conducted...
October 20, 2005[YOUR Issue] Looking For A Fast Track To Higher Wages? Try Walking Down The Aisle
Here’s something you can take to the bank: Married engineers make more money than those who can’t bring themselves to tie the knot—a lot more. In fact, according to our Reader Profile Survey, the marriage premium extends across every age group and all demographic attributes. Of course, being married is much more expensive than being single, so it’s doubtful that married engineers have more disposable income than their single compatriots. Nonetheless, their...
October 20, 2005[YOUR Issue] Are You Earning What You're Worth?
As a whole, the engineering profession in the U.S. remains in a state of flux as globalization continues to move jobs offshore. For some, that means loss of work and flat wages. For others, it means new opportunities and higher income. According to the latest data compiled by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of employed electrical and electronicsengineers shrank by 101,000 from 444,000 in 2000 to 343,000 last year, a...
October 20, 2005[YOUR Issue] Technologies You Use—At Work And At Play
This year we were interested in knowing what types of tools you use to help you during work as well as in other areas of your life. Nearly all respondents (97%) said they use PC-based workstations, with 11% using Sun machines and 8% using HP equipment. Not surprisingly, virtually all respondents also said they run Windows operating systems, while 22% run Linux and 17% run Unix. On the personal technology side, 90% of you have laptops, 40% use PDAs (BlackBerrys, Palms, etc.), 27% have...
October 20, 2005[YOUR Issue] Through Your Eyes: What Satisfies You The Most
As an engineer, you have a unique opportunity to design products that can improve quality of life, fuel economic activity, or simply entertain. But engineering takes a serious commitment. You never know enough, so you're always reading and studying technical journals—like Electronic Design—and it's usually on your own time. Your primary tools are your knowledge and your creativity, so you're likely to find yourself back in school honing your...
October 20, 2005[YOUR Issue] Challenges Persist For Minorities And Women
The U.S. is in danger of suffering a serious shortage of engineers and scientists. No shock there—during the past two decades, such warnings have emanated repeatedly from government agencies and professional societies that keep tabs on the engineering community. The failure to produce a new generation of EEs will lead to the "graying" of the engineering workforce. Consequently, graduate schools will have to recruit more engineering students from abroad. And the cycle will repeat...
September 13, 2004[YOUR Issue] Putting A Face On Our EE Workforce
In this special issue, the editors of Electronic Design take their second annual look at the current state of compensation for EEs, as well as the other factors that influence job satisfaction. The information appearing in this issue comes from...
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