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>(Source: recovering semiconductor process engineer.) I nearly had a panic attack reading this. Exactly the same background and experience working in FABs. I h
by avs733 9y ago
>(Source: recovering semiconductor process engineer.)
I nearly had a panic attack reading this. Exactly the same background and experience working in FABs. I honestly had a moment where I thought I may have had a had some form of break and written this under a different account.
On call at family weddings, asked to cancel vacations at the last minute (that was the final straw for me), working 6-6 followed by calls at 1am...yeah, no more.
US employment laws leave a lot a lot to be desired. I can't even fathom those in China.
- sevensor 9y agoGlad I'm not the only semiconductor industry refugee on here! Most people don't believe half of my stories about it. I don't even tell the other half.
- avs733 9y agoI did a talk at a conference (it pops up on HN every year or so) that was basically storytelling from my semiconductor days. If I hadn't lived some of it, I would find it hard to believe. My 'favorite' story was three years after I left the industry having to leave a movie theater because a characters ring tone was the one I had on my on call phone and it caused a panic attack.
- sevensor 9y agoMost of a decade later, I still reach for a pager that's not there whenever the lights flicker.