RobertMacy said:
[email protected] wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
[...]
There are automotive electronics that work quite well, mostly in
Japanese cars. In the end it boils down to the reliability ratings of
the various entities in the know.
Things change. A lot!
That's what Maxim kept telling people
Touché. The difference is Maxim keeps proving that while things
change, management doesn't.
There was another guy who promised change. Actually hope and change. I
never saw the hope part and he made a royal mess.
Sign up for Obamacare yet? ;-)
However, I've been involved in many different markets at many
different levels, over the years. It's a *big* field. There is no
reason to do the same thing for forty years. Impossible, actually.
Not impossible. I met people who worked in one particular field such as
engine control units for over 30 years. I'd have a hard time doing that,
after being a consultant for this long.
ECUs have changed more than a little in 30 years. They will change
drastically, again, over the next ten. ...
Sure, incremental change. Same in medical ultrasound which is my home
turf. But ... after we built a flagship product in the late 80's and the
satellite R&D location was closed afterwards I wasn't too unhappy that I
could jump into consulting for the first time, and do something else.
... Hell, you'd have a hard time
showing up for work with your pants on, after being a consultant that
long. ;-)
As a consultant I get to wear shorts all summer long. When a web
conference with bigshots is coming up I have a "dress shirt on duty"
hanging in the lab closet
In my last job I was the only one who wore long pants from April to
October. Everyone else in Engineering wore T-shirts year 'round. I
can't do that. I wear long-sleeved shirts (Oxfords, preferred) even
for mowing the lawn.
I am just the opposite. I wear shorts and T-shirts as long as I can.
Only in really cold weather it's lumberjack shirts and jeans. For a
winter coat or jacket it almost would have to drop to below 0F.
Sure, I wear shorts[*] around the house, with Oxfords. I just can't
stand wearing T-shirts or even short-sleeved shirts. Spent a week at
the beach in September in swim trunks and oxford shirt. ;-)
Yikes. That is something I find odd. However, in places like Singapore
people even wear shorts with dress shirts and ties. But short sleeves.
I didn't get burned. ;-)
Haven't owned a short-sleeved shirt in at least 45 years (maybe in
high school - before I bought my own clothes).
I rarely deal with either buttons or shoe laces. Both are archaic wastes of
time.
On Mon, 21 Oct 2013 19:59:06 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
[email protected] wrote:
[...]
There are automotive electronics that work quite well, mostly in
Japanese cars. In the end it boils down to the reliability ratings of
the various entities in the know.
Things change. A lot!
That's what Maxim kept telling people
Touché. The difference is Maxim keeps proving that while things
change, management doesn't.
There was another guy who promised change. Actually hope and change. I
never saw the hope part and he made a royal mess.
Sign up for Obamacare yet? ;-)
However, I've been involved in many different markets at many
different levels, over the years. It's a *big* field. There is no
reason to do the same thing for forty years. Impossible, actually.
Not impossible. I met people who worked in one particular field such as
engine control units for over 30 years. I'd have a hard time doing that,
after being a consultant for this long.
ECUs have changed more than a little in 30 years. They will change
drastically, again, over the next ten. ...
Sure, incremental change. Same in medical ultrasound which is my home
turf. But ... after we built a flagship product in the late 80's and the
satellite R&D location was closed afterwards I wasn't too unhappy that I
could jump into consulting for the first time, and do something else.
... Hell, you'd have a hard time
showing up for work with your pants on, after being a consultant that
long. ;-)
As a consultant I get to wear shorts all summer long. When a web
conference with bigshots is coming up I have a "dress shirt on duty"
hanging in the lab closet
In my last job I was the only one who wore long pants from April to
October. Everyone else in Engineering wore T-shirts year 'round. I
can't do that. I wear long-sleeved shirts (Oxfords, preferred) even
for mowing the lawn.
I am just the opposite. I wear shorts and T-shirts as long as I can.
Only in really cold weather it's lumberjack shirts and jeans. For a
winter coat or jacket it almost would have to drop to below 0F.
Sure, I wear shorts[*] around the house, with Oxfords. I just can't
stand wearing T-shirts or even short-sleeved shirts. Spent a week at
the beach in September in swim trunks and oxford shirt. ;-)
Yikes. That is something I find odd. However, in places like Singapore
people even wear shorts with dress shirts and ties. But short sleeves.
I didn't get burned. ;-)
Haven't owned a short-sleeved shirt in at least 45 years (maybe in
high school - before I bought my own clothes).
I rarely deal with either buttons or shoe laces. Both are archaic wastes of
time.
Don't like pull over clothes of any kind. I have a few pullover
sweaters and sweatshirts but I rarely wear them. I really only need
something covering my shoulders and arms. Cardigans work, but aren't
currently in style so they're impossible to find.
Me opposite. T-shirts and sweat shirts.
People like Adidas used to make good velcro shoes, but they don't any
more. So I buy running shoes and replace the laces with Yankz elastic
laces, to convert them to slip-ons. Added advantage is that they don't
come untied.
RobertMacy said:
Wow, that'll come in handy. Thanks!
Something like that. Mostly it's just always being in the middle of
On 10/22/2013 02:19 PM, John Larkin wrote:
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Wow, that'll come in handy. Thanks!
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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