Ideas & Views

I was first of all surprised to see an IEEE invite for a presentation from a bio-technology company. I decided to attend the presentation since it raised many questions in me as to how and what EE can contribute in a bio-technology venture. I also thought that the Flowchips company must be a big entrepreneurial success and that they want to share what they have achieved. it took a while to search down the street where the company is located. There was no sign nor even a bill-board in the name of Flowchips anywhere in the vicinity of that address. But since the address was too clearly printed in the pamphlet to be a hoax, I went inside TGM enterprises building since thats the company sitting in the address of Flowchips. the presentation was arranged in a small conference room which can seat about 6 people. This may be one of the war rooms for a typical start-up firm. The organizer, naturally, did not expect more than a handful of 5 to attend this after-work, dinner-time presentation. He

deep down words of wisdom explained by Ron today and which i am going to carry for the rest of my life: mere technical capabilities and IQ alone are not enough for a successful career. a good engineer is one who will thrive, work and achieve the goals given to him in a chaotic situation. when the company is undergoing a major structural reorganization - the preferred term for 'layoffs' - , when the projects are handed over to other departments, when the company is merged with or bought by another, an engineer is given a real life test of integrity. all the HR interviews are about testing how much tolerance a person has for ambiguity in the company. is he going to face it up and come out with flying colors or is he going to yield to rumors. Influence over how many people and group? a point to keep in mind whether u r developing a product/technology in engineering environment or taking a management decision in the company. more thoughts on this topic for later........