Looking for Greener Pasture

This year 2011 marks another chapter in my career. After almost 9 years (including my cadetship year) in Fairchild Semiconductor, I bid farewell to the company who trained and exposed me globally. I had the best mentors in the field of semiconductor physics, material science and engineering, mathematical modeling, project management, Lean Six Sigma, process and package development engineering, and materials testing development. It was a very hard decision to leave The Power Franchise and made a 360 degrees turn in my career by joining Good Food Good Life, Choose Wellness Choose Nestle.

March 31, 2011 was my last stint in Fairchild. I was the very first engineer who resigned this 2011. And others follow even until now. In the lighter side, it was in the last quarter of 2010 that my colleagues in Package Development Engineering Group had a lunch at KFC Mandaue and out of the discussions, I came up with an Engineer's Handbook and Guidelines. This contains mnemonics using most used engineering abbreviations in Fairchild and of course the 10 Golden Rules.

I have never shared the soft copy before not until now. Enjoy and who knows, you can put this in good use.

ENGINEER’S HANDBOOK AND GUIDELINES

DEFINITION OF TERMS

LSS- LEAVING SOMETIME SOON

SPC- SEARCHING POTENTIAL COMPANIES

DOE – DEPARTURE OF ENGINEERS

EOS – ENGINEER OVER STRESSED

EON – ENGINEER ON NEGOTIATION

EQPP – EMPLOYER QUALIFICATION AND PACKAGE PLAN

CRB – COMPANY RETENTION AND BENEFITS

EQRR – ENGINEER QUEING FOR RESIGNATION AND RELEASE

PDE – POTENTIAL DEPARTING ENGINEERS

REL LAb – REASSESSMENT OF ENGINEERS LEAVING ABROAD

GOLDEN RULE

RULE 1: IF YOU DON’T BRING ANY GOOD TO ME, PLS. DON’T DARE TO COME.

RULE 2: MY BP IS ALREADY 180/100, PLS. SHOW SOME CARE.

RULE 3: IM CONFUSED, PLS. DON’T ADD.

RULE 4: LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL TO ME NOW, PLS. HELP MAINTAIN.

RULE 5: PLS. DON’T GIVE ME STD…STRESS TO DEATH.

RULE 6: BEWARE. ENGINEER HAS HIV…HEAT IN VEINS.

RULE 7: I’M SO KIND TODAY, PLS. DON’T MAKE ME CHANGE.

RULE 8: I JUST NEED SIMPLE WAYS, PLS. DON’T COMPLICATE.

RULE 9: I CAN’T MAKE YOU LOVE ME IF YOU WON’T, SO DO I.

RULE 10: NO MAN IS AN ISLAND, SO DON’T PUT ALL ACTION ITEMS TO ME.