Qualifications versus duties: Why knowing the difference matters

http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-2959-Resumes-Cover-Letters-Qualifications-versus-duties-Why-knowing-the-difference-matters/?siteid=fb_cmp

Reading through this article gave me some good ideas to use in both my resume and performance review.

"Some job seekers have problems selling their skills. They list their basic duties, which most job seekers have in common. You can stand out in a job search by positioning those skills so they set you apart.

Think of how a salesperson sells a car. He doesn't tout the fact that the car has four wheels, windows and functioning lights, because you'd expect that from every car. Instead, he sells the unique points of the car -- design, safety, mileage -- all of which make the car appealing to a potential buyer."

Any ideas??? Leave comments.

Thanks,
Allen

PCB Manufacturing Quality: Do You Get More Than You Pay For?

I like how this article demonstrates how all departments and disciplines need to work together throughout the whole design and development of a product.

Allen


http://www.designworldonline.com/pcb-manufacturing-quality-do-you-get-more-than-you-pay-for/?utm_source=EmailDirect.com&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=2012-10-17+DWD+Campaign#_

By Nolan Johnson, CAD/EDA Manager, Sunstone Circuits

How efficient is your PCB manufacturing designer? When a design team puts their first prototype onto the workbench for testing and verification, the team must simultaneously debug the following:

• The concepts in the schematic design

• The layout’s implementation of the concepts

• The behavior of any firmware/software onboard

• The ability of the chosen parts to interact as expected from the component datasheet documentation, functional specifications, and schematic-driven simulation data

• The fabricator’s ability to manufacture what the layout instructed them to build

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Are Guard Traces Necessary?

http://www.sigcon.com/Pubs/news/15_02
I like the way Dr Johnson explains guard traces and how they work and where to apply them. But there are no hard numbers in this article. Maybe too technical and maybe there's too many variables, but numbers help the argument. I still hear that guard rings should still be used even with a solid ground plane.
Has anyone done a study where they have actual hard numbers showing this one way or another?
Thanks,
Allen

IPC Names Mitchell President and CEO

http://pcdandf.com/cms/fabnews/8894-ipc-names-mitchell-president-and-ceo
.................IPC has appointed John W. Mitchell president and CEO, effective April 23.

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Coming Back to America

http://www.ipc.org/ContentPage.aspx?pageid=New-IPC-Survey-to-Measure-Impact-of-On-Shoring-in-the-Electronics-Industry

Has your company outsourced your projects off shore? Has your company talked about bring projects back to North America? Has your company kept your project in the US? What are your reasons for doing this? Given all expenses for the project is it really cheaper to outsource projects off shore as opposed to keeping them in the United States?

I'm interested in any comments posted below.

Thanks,

Allen

Has anyone seen the next generation of PCB designers?

http://pcdandf.com/cms/fabnews/8942-pcb-designers-rev-2

It's interesting to see that my own frustrations are more common than not. There seems to be an underlying attitude among EEs that since I don't have that piece of paper I can't possibly be capable of understanding or handle anything electronics. Having collected a lot of information and knowledge over the years I've gladly shared this with Engineers, but later find the same information coming back to me as their input, ideas and requirements. I bought the farm, gave away the milk, and now being asked to buy it back again.

Where I work there are two designers left. Both of us are mid 50's and both will probably retire at the same time. As more and more responsibilities are being taken away from us and given to less technical positions I do see there is no intention of replacing us.

Still trying to figure out how to sell the milk. The more helpful I try to be the more I can't help thinking we're undermining our own positions.

Where's the next generation coming from or going to be?

Please leave your opinions and comments below, subscribe to my blog and share with your fellow designers.

Thanks,
Allen