"NW_PILOT" wrote in message
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I have been in the IT field writing code for IC chips & PCB design for the
last 8 year's.


Where are you at? I've been doing similar things out on the West Coast.
FPGA design, Firmware, PCB design, and even software.
If you can stand CA, there's a ton of work (even now).
I couldn't, so I came back to NV, which has a growing tech economy.
Companies like GE, IGT, etc.

My wife and kids have gotten too accustomed to our lifestyle for me to not
be an engineer (although I can still dream).
Anyway, I'm still trying to work up to buying that first plane. I think
within the next 12-18 months I will make my first purchase.

Then I'll do what was mentioned: work all week to fly all weekend.

At the end of the day, I still enjoy being an engineer, though.
I'm pretty lucky with my job, I get to jump around and do SW, HW, FW, FPGAs,
etc, so I don't get too bored of the same thing...

Adam