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What is your job satisfaction level moving into 2012? Sure, we all work to put food on the table, but considering the "complete package" of compensation, benefits, and satisfying work environment—is your situation getting better or sliding downhill? What one improvement in your employment situation would have the most positive impact?

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This year did not disappoint with regards to consumer technology development. Looking back at the year, what is the product or service that had the single largest impact on you? Was it a trickier tablet device, a smart phone that could answer your questions, better mobile wireless connectivity, a cooler camera, or some other hot next-tech toy?

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In today's cost-conscious environment, where a large portion of the production of parts sold in the U.S. is performed offshore, conditions are ripe for counterfeiting at all levels of commercial supply. At the very least, counterfeits are a nuisance, but in the worst case they could be extremely dangerous. Have you experienced an increase in counterfeiting discoveries in your professional or personal life?

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In September the BBC reported that almost 25% of UK engineering graduates were taking unskilled labor jobs, and in fact less than half were finding work related to their degree. Is this a sign that industry doesn't need more engineers, or that quality graduates are lacking? Or do you think that engineers are able to excel in a wide variety of careers, even those outside their primary area of study?

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Personal experience says that most engineers and techies are proud of their analytical skills, even when such traits might be the subject of ribbing (only because others are jealous, of course). In this Dilbert world, where you may be subjected to the "Curse Of The Competent," can you think of a time when your analytical abilities allowed you to save the day and have the last laugh?

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Many green power generation technologies such as wind turbines and solar panels demand extensive physical installation space and are not very aesthetically pleasing. What level of eyesores are you willing to accept in the quest for green power? Would you accept a forest of wind turbines sprouting in your neighborhood, or do you want to limit such installations to the boondocks?

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