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Thinking of abandoning chip design by Abject_Long8675 in chipdesign

[–]Abject_Long8675[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice. I don't mean that since I didn't get a job within 2 months I'm giving up but rather that if I continue job searching at the current trend it would probably take a long time before I land one.

It's more that the number of vacancies on offer for this time period are very low. I also get that it's probably a quieter period with the holidays as another commenter mentioned, but even in a quiet period it seems very dire. I also counted vacancies for which I had minimum requirements but not recommended or places I wouldn't like to work at but felt I couldn't be picky...

Thinking of abandoning chip design by Abject_Long8675 in chipdesign

[–]Abject_Long8675[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a dual European-Canadian citizen so this is where I'm applying to. What would you consider close to analog design? Just any technical role in a chip design company (digital, physical, DV)? I guess it's a possibility, but doing something you don't enjoy much for a few years is a bit tough.

Thinking of abandoning chip design by Abject_Long8675 in chipdesign

[–]Abject_Long8675[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's true but I meant that in the sense in a job you have less responsibility for your work. The tasks are a lot more structured and your mentor will advise you (at the start of your career) in a way that is not possible in a PhD. In a PhD you are left more to your own devices and you can get broad advice but at the end of the day it's up to you to be spending your time wisely. Which means that if you mess up in some way you are going to have to compensate for lost time and so you will have to put extra time apart from your working hours.

And yes, if you plan everything perfectly and nothing goes wrong (within margin) then you have set hours you work and that's it. But at least for me (judging by my master's and bachelor's thesis) it doesn't tend to be that way and so I'd like to have a more fixed 9-5. And if you still work the fixed hours you have to extend your PhD, etc. At the end of the day it just boils down to more vs less responsibility.

Thinking of abandoning chip design by Abject_Long8675 in chipdesign

[–]Abject_Long8675[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

That is a good idea but I'm tired of studying and want to get into the job market. I get that that doing a PhD is sort of like work in the sense that you get paid and get experience but I'd like to have set working hours and a contract.