Todd, et al -
For all of us gray beards ( or getting there), the trend on the List has
shifted from "get input from a world class SI Engineer", to "do my work for
me". The old paradigm/assumption was that you would do "due diligence"
before you submitted a question. Do your homework first. This has by and
large disappeared. A lot of people don't even consult their product or
software FAE first. Or more absurdly, few seem to know how to even google
anymore. There are exceptions of course, but the problem is that they are
exceptions, outliers in the distribution. There are no stupid questions. I
would modify this to there are no stupid questions if you have done your
research first. Right now, there are a lot of stupid questions, and a lot
of lazy "SI" engineers.
Those of you, young or old, that do due diligence are exempted from the
above.
Keeping it 100,
Ken
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From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Todd Westerhoff
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 9:24 AM
To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: commodity
Istvan,
I'd like to pose a counter-question.
Are automotive mechanics a commodity?
And if so, why is an affordable, affable, available master mechanic such a
rare find?
Todd.
Todd Westerhoff
VP, Semiconductor Relations
Signal Integrity Software Inc. . www.sisoft.com
6 Clock Tower Place . Suite 250 . Maynard, MA 01754
(978) 461-0449 x124 . twesterh@xxxxxxxxxx
"I want to live like that"
-Sidewalk Prophets
-----Original Message-----
From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Istvan Nagy
Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2015 2:26 AM
To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [SI-LIST] commodity
Hi,
Did signal integrity engineering become a commodity?
Or is this trend about to slap someone in the face?
I thought it used to be a professor or scientist job for the best and
brightest, but nowadays all companies keep hiring people for their SI teams
in large quantities. Most job postings are like "fresh graduate with 3yr
experience", that's all that's required. The "expert" is not part of the
equation anymore?
Did it become that simple that any fresh graduate can do what 10 years ago
only the smartest people could do?
I got quotes from some service/contractor companies doing SI simulations for
us on their Ansoft tools (for a lot of money), but "what to simulate"
or "how to interpret the results" was either not covered or was seriously
misguided.
The same might have happened to "engineering" some years earlier. Is it the
same, or this time it is different?
Some threads here on si-list in recent years seem (to me) to reflect that
too.
Regards,
Istvan Nagy
(I am not really an SI-engineer, but a HW/product/board designer)
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