{"id":4705,"date":"2015-11-01T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:25:19","slug":"pcb-tech-talk-podcast-addressing-your-comments-and-questions-on-the-aging-pcb-design-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2015\/11\/01\/pcb-tech-talk-podcast-addressing-your-comments-and-questions-on-the-aging-pcb-design-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"PCB Tech Talk Podcast: Addressing Your Comments and Questions on the Aging PCB Design Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pcb-tech-talk\/id1038473191?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4546 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/09\/PCB_Tech_Talk_3-520x520.png\" alt=\"PCB Tech Talk podcast\" width=\"136\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We received a lot of great feedback from listeners regarding the question proposed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/blog\/post\/pcb-tech-talk-podcast-are-pcb-designers-becoming-an-endangered-species--e5434dff-8972-4606-9391-d5bb43f48985?cmpid=10399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">episode three<\/a> about whether or not PCB designers are becoming a vanishing breed so in this episode, we hear from our listeners! More on that from the podcast producer, Brittany Bach, below. Thanks for following the blog and tuning into <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pcb-tech-talk\/id1038473191?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PCB Tech Talk<\/a>! &#8211; John<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Brittany, producer of the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pcb-tech-talk\/id1038473191?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PCB Tech Talk<\/a> podcast. I&#8217;m usually at work behind the scenes but, in this episode, I join John to share some listener comments and discuss the topics below in greater depth.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How is it that there are a variety of opinions as to what PCB Design is?<\/li>\n<li>PCB design education and training trends<\/li>\n<li>Are apprenticeships necessary?<\/li>\n<li>Are HR teams lacking understanding when it comes to hiring?<\/li>\n<li>What training is foundational for PCB Design?<\/li>\n<li>Are companies unwilling to invest enough in training new recruits?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iframestyle=border:nonesrc=\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/3902847\/height\/360\/width\/640\/theme\/legacy\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/height=360width=640scrolling=noallowfullscreenwebkitallowfullscreenmozallowfullscreenoallowfullscreenmsallowfullscreen\/iframe\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pcdandf.com\/pcdesign\/index.php\/magazine\/9603-cover-story-1410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fresh Faces in the Design Community<\/a>, PCB&amp;F, 2014 PCB Designer Annual Survey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edn.com\/electronics-blogs\/all-aboard-\/4426940\/How-did-you-learn-PCB-layout-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How did you learn PCB layout?<\/a>, EDN Network<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/grp\/post\/993227-5951621990182834178?trk=groups-post-b-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn Group Discussion<\/a>, Old Timers PCB Designer Group<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all our listeners for making PCB Tech Talk a top featured podcast in the Software How-to New and Noteworthy section on iTunes! Have questions or topics of interest? Interested in being a guest on the show? Contact us at <a href=\"mailto:pcb_techtalk@mentor.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pcb_techtalk@mentor.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/09\/hero-podcast-icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4536 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2015\/09\/hero-podcast-icon.jpg\" alt=\"hero-podcast-icon\" width=\"79\" height=\"79\" \/><\/a>Listen to the podcast via the player embedded in this post, on <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pcb-tech-talk\/id1038473191?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes,<\/a> or with your podcast app of choice using the <a href=\"http:\/\/pcbtechtalk.libsyn.com\/rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RSS feed<\/a>. Subscribe today so you don&#8217;t miss any future episodes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; We received a lot of great feedback from listeners regarding the question proposed in episode three about whether or&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10513,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4705\/revisions\/10513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=4705"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=4705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}