Job posting...
"Synaptics - Phoenix, AZ
... Ph.D. program in E.E. Analog circuit coursework and hands-on lab
experience a must Hands-on experience with digital multi-meter,
oscilloscope, etc...."
Bwahahahaha >:-}
...Jim Thompson
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Job posting
Started by ●April 8, 2014
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:42:38 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@on-my-web-site.com> wrote:> Job posting... > > "Synaptics - Phoenix, AZ > ... Ph.D. program in E.E. Analog circuit coursework and hands-on lab > experience a must Hands-on experience with digital multi-meter, > oscilloscope, etc...." > > Bwahahahaha >:-} > > ...Jim Thompsonaren't they HQ'd in Santa Clara, CA? Jim Tiernan still president? have you done work for them?
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:14:22 -0700, RobertMacy <robert.a.macy@gmail.com> wrote:>On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:42:38 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@on-my-web-site.com> wrote: > >> Job posting... >> >> "Synaptics - Phoenix, AZ >> ... Ph.D. program in E.E. Analog circuit coursework and hands-on lab >> experience a must Hands-on experience with digital multi-meter, >> oscilloscope, etc...." >> >> Bwahahahaha >:-} >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >aren't they HQ'd in Santa Clara, CA?I don't know, I think so.>Jim Tiernan still president?I don't know the management structure.> >have you done work for them?Yes. The Rochester (NY) group... touch screens. I thought the job posting rather hilarious... needed, a PhD, but must be able to handle a multimeter... >:-} ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson | mens | | Analog Innovations | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | San Tan Valley, AZ 85142 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
"Jim Thompson" wrote in message news:h488k95o3fn95c45vknqmnpcldfoo7m5qd@4ax.com... On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:14:22 -0700, RobertMacy <robert.a.macy@gmail.com> wrote:>On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:42:38 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@on-my-web-site.com> wrote: > >> Job posting... >> >> "Synaptics - Phoenix, AZ >> ... Ph.D. program in E.E. Analog circuit coursework and hands-on lab >> experience a must Hands-on experience with digital multi-meter, >> oscilloscope, etc...." >> >> Bwahahahaha >:-} >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >aren't they HQ'd in Santa Clara, CA?I don't know, I think so.>Jim Tiernan still president?I don't know the management structure.> >have you done work for them?Yes. The Rochester (NY) group... touch screens.>I thought the job posting rather hilarious... needed, a PhD, but must >be able to handle a multimeter... >:-}My experience is that hiring personnel usually have no idea what actually matters in hiring someone. I have this on my personal site: Employer rejection: "Lack of experience" Actual meaning: "We have no idea whatsoever how to do the product we are currently developing, and so are looking for someone that can bring across all the schematics from their present company, that is doing an almost identical product. We can then do some minimal window dressing and release that product as our own. We don't actually require you to have any of these design skills personally and it is unlikely that you do, only a decent memory so that you don't have to physically copy the designs that others have made. This is avoid any possible legal repercussions such as liability for trade theft." Kevin Aylward B.Sc. www.anasoft.co.uk
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:17:39 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@on-my-web-site.com> wrote:>> ...snip... > I thought the job posting rather hilarious... needed, a PhD, but must > be able to handle a multimeter... >:-} > > ...Jim Thompsonit did seem a bit condescending.
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On 04/08/2014 02:08 PM, RobertMacy wrote:> On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:17:39 -0700, Jim Thompson > <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@on-my-web-site.com> wrote: > >>> ...snip... >> I thought the job posting rather hilarious... needed, a PhD, but must >> be able to handle a multimeter... >:-} >> >> ...Jim Thompson > > it did seem a bit condescending.Just trying to weed out the hard core algorithm guys. There's an industry perception that Ph.D. EEs are too specialized and want to keep doing their thesis work for the rest of their careers. Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 160 North State Road #203 Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 hobbs at electrooptical dot net http://electrooptical.net
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:08:38 -0700, RobertMacy wrote:> On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:17:39 -0700, Jim Thompson > <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@on-my-web-site.com> wrote: > >>> ...snip... >> I thought the job posting rather hilarious... needed, a PhD, but must >> be able to handle a multimeter... >:-} >> >> ...Jim Thompson > > it did seem a bit condescending.You need to work with more PhD's. They range from eggheads that can spout theory all day long but whose lives you fear for if they walk into a lab or a manufacturing floor, to guys that grew up wrenching on cars or building radios who can do ANYTHING. Members of the latter group are generally more useful, unless you really have a need for theory-crunching, and a support staff to keep the boffin in clean shirts and away from the technicians. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:42:38 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:> Job posting... > > "Synaptics - Phoenix, AZ ... Ph.D. program in E.E. Analog circuit > coursework and hands-on lab experience a must Hands-on experience with > digital multi-meter, oscilloscope, etc...."They must have hired some of the other kind. My uncle used to work for Boeing. When he interviewed engineering candidates he'd make sure to have a soldering iron in his drawer. At some point he'd casually pick it up and hand it, point-first, to the candidate, with a "here". If you grabbed it by the point (which, apparently, many did), your interview was polite and short, and you didn't get hired. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:17:39 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:>I thought the job posting rather hilarious... needed, a PhD, but must >be able to handle a multimeter... >:-}Must be a joke job posting surely; can't possibly be serious.
Reply by ●April 8, 20142014-04-08
On Tue, 8 Apr 2014 18:25:45 +0100, "Kevin Aylward" <ExtractkevinRemove@kevinaylward.co.uk> wrote:>"Jim Thompson" wrote in message >news:h488k95o3fn95c45vknqmnpcldfoo7m5qd@4ax.com... > >On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 09:14:22 -0700, RobertMacy ><robert.a.macy@gmail.com> wrote: > >>On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 08:42:38 -0700, Jim Thompson >><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@on-my-web-site.com> wrote: >> >>> Job posting... >>> >>> "Synaptics - Phoenix, AZ >>> ... Ph.D. program in E.E. Analog circuit coursework and hands-on lab >>> experience a must Hands-on experience with digital multi-meter, >>> oscilloscope, etc...." >>> >>> Bwahahahaha >:-} >>> >>> ...Jim Thompson >> >>aren't they HQ'd in Santa Clara, CA? > >I don't know, I think so. > >>Jim Tiernan still president? > >I don't know the management structure. > >> >>have you done work for them? > >Yes. The Rochester (NY) group... touch screens. > >>I thought the job posting rather hilarious... needed, a PhD, but must >>be able to handle a multimeter... >:-} > >My experience is that hiring personnel usually have no idea what actually >matters in hiring someone. > >I have this on my personal site: > >Employer rejection: "Lack of experience" > >Actual meaning: > >"We have no idea whatsoever how to do the product we are currently >developing, and so are looking for someone that can bring across all the >schematics from their present company, that is doing an almost identical >product. We can then do some minimal window dressing and release that >product as our own. We don't actually require you to have any of these >design skills personally and it is unlikely that you do, only a decent >memory so that you don't have to physically copy the designs that others >have made. This is avoid any possible legal repercussions such as liability >for trade theft." > > >Kevin Aylward B.Sc. >www.anasoft.co.ukYep. The specifics of job postings are getting ridiculous. "We want a PLL expert for the exact band of 5.0-5.1GHz, used with the magico modulo modulation method, and performed the design in the last six months." ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson | mens | | Analog Innovations | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | San Tan Valley, AZ 85142 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
