Originally Posted by genec

BS in industrial technology with emphasis on CAD and Electronics...

I design Printed Wire Boards or PCBs and housings for wireless products. These are all multi-layer complex designs that require the latest in Design for Manufacture processes... think of the heart of the iphone (good friend and former co-worker did that) or handheld Sat phones as examples of the kind of work I do. I joke with my family that due to the transmitter/receiver radio nature of my work, and the small designs demanded by the public, I essentially figure out how to put an elephant in a shoebox in a way that he can't smell his own butt.

OK, so now reading through several pages of this thread... it seems like there are an awful lot of professionals with degrees that bike commute... hardly the case that "if you commute by bike, you don't have an education."

So how do we convey to the world that hey, we cyclists are indeed not the lowlifes that some apparently think we are... we are regular breadwinners who are your neighbors and co-workers and we merely choose to bike rather than drive. (although I have to admit I do look rather scroungy when I commute in my t shirt and shorts on my comfortable old ride... )



Contrast that to my college days...