[RFEngineer]

"....I still worship him for his encouragement"

Your hard work is just beginning......but strangely, I hear no whining from you - which, according to folks on this thread, shouldn't be so, because according to them, you are doomed to a life of misery because you are pursuing a graduate education in engineering.

Thanks for adding a reality check to this discussion.

[VladimirX]

Well, I am poor now, but there do seem to be plenty of oppurtunities when I graduate considering how most seniors of mine with PhDs are earning in the range of $90-100 grand as their starting salaries. Not too bad I guess, since the further incentive is that we dont have to deal with bad-tempered people like lawyers/doctors have to.

Its slightly true that technical people are usually honest and nice to one another. You can probably find such people only in USMC.