[Hallicrafters] Nobody wants to be a "technician" anymore

[TC Dailey]

I'm in the commercial fire-alarm business, and as such, have found, along
with my competitors, that finding technicians (ANY technicians) who have a
grasp of simple electronics and the usage of a multimeter, to be nearly
impossible these days.  I personally witnessed one so-called
"technical-representative" (from a Major company) come up to an earlier
"hard-wired" (non addressable) fire panel, and get totally frustrated,
because he could'nt find the "plug in for the laptop".

We've raised an entire generation of folks who think that the world is run
with a keyboard, and haven't a clue of how to use DEDUCTIVE REASONING for
problem solving.  The electronics stores are just the outward "sore" - the
true disease lies beneath the skin, I'm afraid.

Tom - WØEAJ