Occasionally, we’d work long stretches of 80+ hour weeks when the chips came back from the Fab. The workload was pretty crazy and young engineers routinely worked 50-60 hours per week. I excelled at the technical side of the job and was promoted every few years. The first 7-8 years at Intel was great for me. I worked on the memory (DRAM) interface and learned a ton about how the computer chips were made. I studied VLSI (chip design) so working for Intel was a dream came true. The dot-com boom was on the upswing and computer engineers were in high demand. I got a job right out of college with Intel, a great tech company. It only took one additional year and I stood out from all the other new grads with just a BS degree. I think this MS/BS combo program was a great idea.
The upshot is I got an MS in just one more year and was able to find a job relatively easily. I did this and also received some credits for being a Teaching Assistant. Students could take graduate-level courses during their senior year and shorten the time to complete the Master’s degree. Luckily, my alma mater offered a 5 year BS/MS program. (Granted, it was a high school in South Central LA, but still…) Once we got through that difficult freshman year, everyone was able to complete their Bachelor’s degree. One of my college roommates was the smartest kid at his high school and he really struggled in college. The increase in difficulty between high school and the university was too much for lots of people. Many students couldn’t get through the first year. When I graduated high school, I decided to major in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE.) Studying engineering was an ordeal. You put something in and you consistently get the same thing out. I liked it because it was all about logic. Anyway, I tried to learn more about computers at every opportunity.
It’s a different world today for kids with their tablets and smartphones.
#All my days i ve been held in your hands tv
My aunt had a TV and the whole neighborhood would cram into the living room to watch the single available channel.
Even a TV was rare in Thailand when I was a kid. Prior to that, I only have watched shows on TV. (I don’t even know what it was.) He set me up with a Defender like game and I was hooked.
#All my days i ve been held in your hands Pc
The first computer I interacted with was my uncle’s monochrome PC clone. Studying EngineeringĬomputers fascinated me when I was young. The comments on this post are excellent too. I added my experience since I left the field and my hope for our son at the end. I’ve updated and expanded it to be more useful. *This post was originally written in 2013. Why did I make such a drastic change? I’ll share my experience with you today. I enjoyed being an engineer, but I quit my job in 2012 to become a stay-at-home dad/blogger. However, an engineering career might not be a good fit for everyone. These STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers pay well and the world demands more engineers every day. Engineering is a great field to get into. He asked me to write a detailed post on why I gave up my engineering career. A while back, I received an email from a reader who is going back to school for an engineering degree.
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