3 ms·
Operating chip factory machinery, while not unskilled, is not the same as working at Nvidia as a computer engineer doing chip design. Don't expect the factory
by justrealist 3y ago
Operating chip factory machinery, while not unskilled, is not the same as working at Nvidia as a computer engineer doing chip design.
Don't expect the factory workers to have the same educational requirements and demographics as existing semiconductor workers.
- delfinom 3y agoYep, factory techs just need a brain and can be trained up to it. Actual semiconductor design work doesn't happen at said factories. There's also not that much shortage in that space because colleges pump out plenty of EEs with semiconductor focus with Masters and PhDs. They can also struggle to find jobs because well, it's such a niche industry that anyone doing semiconductor design isn't going to leave their job for a non-semiconductor job easily and there's been a lot of industry consolidation in the semiconductor space. The electrical space is quite mature compared to decades ago.
- sentinalien 3y agoYeah I've been working in digital ASIC design myself for the last few years since graduating college and the pay is pretty good but I'm trying to plan how to get out of the field because job opportunities are quite limited, you can't just switch companies every few years the way software engineers do, unless you live somewhere like Silicon Valley and I don't want to have to move across the country whenever I want a new job.