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The Shaughnessy Report by Andy Shaughnessy, I-CONNECT007 The Designer of Tomorrow It's a great time to be a PCB designer. e job is more complex than ever, but it's also a lot of fun. We can only wonder what the PCB designers of 1975 would think about today's typical workday. What will the designer's job look like in the future? ere has been a move toward work- ing remotely, driven partly by the COVID pan- demic and partly by reality: Many experienced designers simply will not relocate, even for a more lucrative job. Will an electrical engineering degree be a prerequisite to being a designer? It looked that way for a few years. Before COVID, I heard from veteran PCB designers with more than 30 years of experience who were out of conten- tion for PCB designer gigs because they didn't have a degree. 8 DESIGN007 MAGAZINE I JANUARY 2025