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Engineers of the New Millennium: Dream Jobs 2009

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Engineers of the New Millennium: Dream Jobs ---  profiles engineers in dream jobs all over the world. We meet a robotics engineer, a video games designer, a Bollywood special effects expert, a toys engineer, and others with a passion for their work. We travel to four continents and hear stories about some people who always knew what they wanted to be, and others with roundabout paths into fields they came to love.  Dream Jobs is a  co-production of IEEE Spectrum Magazine  and the National Science Foundation.

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SHOW OPEN / BILLBOARD [00:59]

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BANERJEE TAPE: When I was 12 , when I saw my first computer I said “oh my
God this is what I want to do” and from the age of 12 to 22 I begged my parents for a computer.

ANCHOR: I’m Susan Hassler. Today we profile engineers in jobs all over the world challenging and exciting jobs that harness the imagination..

BANERJEE TAPE: I’m in India trying to make it happen here, and until we have the means or the ability to have the understanding to make a King Kong, I’ll stick it out. Because if I’m part of the process then I’ve done my job.”

ANCHOR: This is “Engineers of the New Millennium: dream jobs,” a co-production of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the Directorate for Engineering of the National Science Foundation.

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ANCHOR: We meet a Bollywood special effects creator, a robotics engineer, a video games designer, and others who...
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Timings and Cues

00:00:00 IN: Music

00:00:59 OQ: …first this news

00:06:00 IN: Music Hi I’m Susan Hassler....
00:19:00 OQ: This is Engineers of the New Millennium: Dream Jobs, stay tuned.

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00:21:00 IN: This is Engineers of the New Millennium: Dream Jobs

00:41:29 OQ: Engineers of the New Millennium: Dream Jobs, stay tuned.

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41:00: IN: This is Engineers of the New Millennium: Dream Jobs
59:00 OQ: Our executive producer is Sharon Basco. Our technical producer is Dennis Foley. I’m Susan Hassler.

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