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| From | Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | sci.electronics.design |
| Subject | Re: OT: Hee! Hee! |
| Date | 2017-12-31 10:55 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <fasq4oF6pf9U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2017-12-31 10:40, John Larkin wrote: > On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 07:38:49 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> > wrote: > >> On 2017-12-30 18:07, John Larkin wrote: >>> On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:13:42 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2017-12-29 13:01, John Larkin wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 29 Dec 2017 07:46:19 -0800, Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> On 2017-12-28 19:53, John Larkin wrote: >>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 20:17:51 -0500, krw@notreal.com wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:45:55 -0500, bitrex >>>>>>>> <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 12/28/2017 02:34 PM, Jim Thompson wrote: >>>>>>>>>> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/tax-bill-spawns-new-holiday-ritual-waiting-in-line-to-pay-taxes/2017/12/27/1e7ea59a-eb12-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_prepay921pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.fbd9b2130809> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> You residents of the Tax & Spend States deserve it >:-} >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ...Jim Thompson >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> They really know how to stick it to all their wealthy Republican-voting >>>>>>>>> buddies in Massachusetts: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Both of them? They'll move if they're worried. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election_results_by_municipality%2C_2014.svg> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "Not my problem", why would I want to own overpriced property in this >>>>>>>>> frozen tundra, anyway? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But the chances that those folks will decide to all pack up and move to >>>>>>>>> some "Real America" Midwestern hillbilly shithole so they can vote in >>>>>>>>> solidarity for Trump 2020 are slim to none. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Think about any big leftist coastal city. They are sinkholes with >>>>>>> powerlines, gas and product pipelines, ships, thousands of trucks >>>>>>> every day keeping those Whole Foods and Pottery Barns full and >>>>>>> shipping in wine and kale and varietal coffee beans. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Kale? Phtooei! >>>>> >>>>> What do you have against green sandpaper? >>>>> >>>> >>>> It's euwww on the palate. I'll never touch kale again. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> ... What those >>>>>>> lawyers and insurance agents and stock brokers contribute to the >>>>>>> "hillbillies" is zero or less. Without those deplorable redneck >>>>>>> farmers and oil workers and truckers, they would be eating one another >>>>>>> in a month. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Most of those urban liberals have nothing but contempt for the people >>>>>>> who keep them alive. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Until those people come out in droves to vote like they did in 2016. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Redfin-s-Glenn-Kelman-predicts-a-mass-tech-12459845.php >>>>>>> >>>>>>> There are a lot of coastal urbanites moving to the South. They go for >>>>>>> economic reasons and stay because they like it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> https://www.huffingtonpost.com/margarita-hakobyan/main-reasons-millennials-_b_11274098.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.sfgate.com/expensive-san-francisco/article/San-Franciscans-moving-to-The-South-12300064.php >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Many of my clients are now in ... Texas. No surprise there. To me that >>>>>> just means I have to get up early because their day starts 2h before >>>>>> ours. Many Texans are hardcore. A call during hurricane Harvey went >>>>>> something like this: "Could we also use a normal charge control here ... >>>>>> wait, there is water coming in here ... dang ... well, now, about that >>>>>> charge controller, let's talk about our options for that". >>>>> >>>>> I generally like Texans. They tend to be real. >>>>> >>>>> Given a choice between similar TI and ADI parts, we use the TI. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Same here but meantime support had become paltry with both. EE work has >>>> become less fun since we had this massive consolidation. For most >>>> high-tech non-special-market chips there are only two suppliers left, TI >>>> and AD. And that shows. I am trying to get a support answer from AD for >>>> about a week -> nada, zip. They just don't seem to care anymore. TI was >>>> often worse, they just cast the question off to the "forums". Needless >>>> to say, there was no meaningful answer either. >>> >>> I have noticed that we occasionally get a really good app engineer, >>> and that they don't last long. >>> >>> I can't imagine a better way to get a really good job than being a >>> mixed-signal semiconductor app engineer. It would be like being paid >>> to have a hundred job interviews a year. >>> >> >> It depends on the engineer's goals. If he or she wants to always be >> involved in a wide variety of projects there are only two career paths, >> app engineer or independent consultant. For me only the latter works >> because, for example, the way some big manufacturers treat customers >> these days would p... me off to no end and I wouldn't want to have any >> part of that. >> >> One of my first contacts into LTC is a really good engineer whom you >> probably also know. He was the living proof of great customer support >> and for two decades. Now that they were bought by AD, support is another >> story. >> >> Employed work is ok and I did it twice. However, I get bored when >> exposed to only one market all the time, I need the sizzle of variety. > > I've been lucky to spend most of my career with outfits (including my > own) with incoherent marketing, people who stumbled around and would > try anything. That keeps it fun. > Your business is an exception, hard to find. When you work in a business concentrated on one market, for example in med tech, there is very little or sometimes no out-of-the-box-thinking in marketing. Yet those guys are trying to control the business. That is one of the reasons why I am not unhappy to have left that field as an employee. > It's like consulting across multiple sciences and industries, but > keeping the resulting IP and manufacturing stuff. The only downside is > maybe the long-term accumulation of support requirements, which a > consultant is not obligated to do. > Consultants are. I often get calls from companies I only vaguely remember as clients. Wait a minute, oh, yeah, nineteen-sumpthin ... The topper was a company where I improved the EMC performance of a machine they had OEM'ed from another company. More than a decade later the phone rang. "Well, we have a huge problem at a site and once upon a time you had helped us. Unfortunately we .. ahem .. how shall I say ... don't have any of the documentation. Do you happen to still have it and could help us again?". When I said that I did the guy almost gave me a bear hug through the phone. > I'm looking for someone to offload our NMR product line onto, for > support. Agilent acquired Varian and killed the NMR and FTMS product > lines, so we still support the units in the field, at a rate that is > between profitable and annoying. I'd hate to just tell people that "we > don't support that any more" and have their million-dollar > superconductive magnet become useless. > Sounds like a perfect job for a retired engineer who enjoys traveling. Some married people discover after retirement that they go on each other's nerves and it's either that or the marriage hits the skids. They are not used to being together 24/7. I once worked alongside a guy who was nearing 80. "Why are you still working?" ... "Because else my wife and I would no longer be married. She said so". -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/
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Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 17:45 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-28 20:17 -0500
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Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-28 21:45 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 22:02 -0500
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Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-29 11:47 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 21:54 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-28 19:53 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 23:39 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 23:43 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 00:00 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-28 21:52 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 01:20 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-29 11:57 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 13:11 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-29 14:22 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-29 12:26 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 16:10 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 16:15 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 13:10 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 13:33 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 13:42 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 13:48 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 14:16 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-12-29 19:43 +0000
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 14:51 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-12-29 21:53 +0000
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 17:29 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 17:39 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-12-29 19:39 +0000
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 14:59 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-12-29 21:54 +0000
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 18:32 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 17:41 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-28 21:51 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-28 22:18 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 02:18 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 07:46 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 11:05 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 13:16 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-29 13:01 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 15:13 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-12-29 15:25 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 15:32 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-12-29 16:44 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 18:45 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 18:44 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 15:56 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 20:08 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 22:28 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-30 07:34 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 11:29 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-30 09:54 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 14:56 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-30 13:53 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 17:28 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-30 15:09 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-30 17:27 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-30 17:04 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-30 18:07 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-30 19:14 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-31 07:38 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 10:40 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-31 10:55 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-29 18:37 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-28 20:17 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-28 18:03 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-28 21:28 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 07:30 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 13:18 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 10:46 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 13:50 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 11:02 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-29 17:45 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 15:06 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-29 14:53 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 16:02 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-29 15:20 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 18:58 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-30 08:41 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 11:27 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 12:13 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 12:26 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 12:15 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 12:28 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-12-29 09:36 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 09:43 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-12-29 10:53 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 11:16 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! dagmargoodboat@yahoo.com - 2017-12-29 11:58 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 14:05 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-31 07:04 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-31 07:44 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-31 12:49 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-29 19:05 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 07:12 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-31 07:13 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Michael A Terrell <mike.terrell@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-31 23:43 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-12-31 10:45 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-29 15:08 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 14:07 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Cursitor Doom <curd@notformail.com> - 2017-12-29 20:07 +0000
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 15:52 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-29 19:10 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 15:09 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 14:09 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 18:35 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-29 16:03 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-29 19:51 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-30 07:43 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 11:20 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 11:25 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-30 09:37 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 11:32 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-30 11:42 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-30 12:29 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-31 08:24 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-31 09:32 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-30 17:13 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-30 16:52 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-31 11:00 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-31 07:19 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-31 08:35 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bitrex <bitrex@de.lete.earthlink.net> - 2017-12-31 08:46 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-12-31 08:32 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-31 06:05 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-31 09:20 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-31 19:32 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2018-01-01 06:44 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2018-01-01 06:47 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2018-01-01 09:56 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2018-01-01 17:31 -0800
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-31 09:39 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! amdx <nojunk@knology.net> - 2017-12-31 09:00 -0600
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! krw@notreal.com - 2017-12-31 16:39 -0500
Re: OT: Hee! Hee! bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-12-31 19:11 -0800
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