"Stay current, stay lucky, stay employed"

In another article in November 2004's IEEE Spectrum: "Twenty years ago, full time EE's who weren't self-employed earned ... close to $4000 more than the average for a salaried doctor. ... In the meantime, IEEE members' median salaries have fallen from about the 92nd percentile of U.S. household income in 1971 to about the 85th two years ago."