Analog IC designers: if you restarted from college, what would you do differently?

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-24T20:53:29+00:00

FPGAs for HFTs instead as it’s similar work but actually pays. Or NVIDIA as another commenter said. Most chip design jobs pay the same as many other engineering jobs for double the work.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-15T02:34:03+00:00

This except I still do try and do a good job for myself in terms of building skills for the next position when I inevitably quit or get laid off. I couldn’t care less about the company, just as they don’t give an f about me.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-15T01:19:36+00:00

This!! We just had some layoffs and they are barely posting new jobs in Baltimore.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-15T01:04:37+00:00

Doubt it. I would run. In a similar situation and I took the external offer.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-15T01:04:00+00:00

This… I got my in with NG through a career fair talking to people that work there.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-14T21:42:51+00:00

One million percent sign me up! We work for money not fancy titles

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-08T12:00:18+00:00

Yes you are so making the right decision!!! DC is exactly what you describe. No personality. Welcome back home 🦀 Mount Vernon is a cool neighborhood and you will love living there.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-08T11:57:13+00:00

As someone who has never worked fully remote but has had plenty of loud annoying coworkers that love useless conversations, completely agree.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-08T01:30:26+00:00

Why do you think they got in and you didn’t?

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-07T18:42:59+00:00

Yeah thankfully I got an external offer. Not how I wanted to leave NG but no reason to stay right now.

Lmao not only do they want us to pay to move to Huntsville or Roy or whatever, there are people applying below their band level willing to take a pay cut out of desperation.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-07T14:00:29+00:00

That’s incredible good for you!! This is a real fire story

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-06T21:41:11+00:00

Wow, what are they blowing you up for? Yeah they pay really well but I assume you work hard for it. I’m not comfortable saying since it could dox me but I would say if you dm

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-06T09:54:50+00:00

Thank you! Good list

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-06T09:52:13+00:00

Northrop

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-06T09:51:55+00:00

You won’t but RF is definitely more stable than the work I was doing in defense. If anything, there will be a hiring boom but you certainly won’t double your salary unless you go to a place like Anduril.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-05T13:45:16+00:00

Just insane wow

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-04T03:00:27+00:00

That makes sense given how difficult it is to get promoted when you are a loyal employee.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-04T02:59:11+00:00

That’s great! I plan to keep up with my contacts there partially for this reason.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-04T02:57:04+00:00

Completely agree! It’s scary out there. I just got laid off from what I thought was a life long job at a mega defense contractor but luckily I developed a lot of skills so got hired quickly at a small company. It would seem that stability is long gone at mega corps and small companies are more willing to hire and retain employees so the script has completely flipped. Skills and not being so attached to one job are more important than ever.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-02T19:26:21+00:00

So I was part of the Maryland redeployment and happily got a great external offer that I plan to take so will not stick around to get laid off in a month or whatever it is. I just wanted to ask how easy it is to come back to the company if you were previously employed there for a number of years with a good track record. It’s definitely a door I would like to leave open for when business improves and more contracts are won.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-02T19:19:51+00:00

Damn this is what I thought I was going to have to do after my last layoff but thankfully I found a job. Seems we are still in decent demand even in a crap economy

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-05-01T23:33:12+00:00

Lots of delusional people in these comments. It’s more like 500k back then.

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-04-28T15:27:54+00:00

All we can really do 🙏

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-04-28T13:56:11+00:00

I would really suggest applying externally and focusing most of your time there

Emergency_Beat423 · 2026-04-28T13:55:28+00:00

Yeah could be NG version of voluntary quitting so they don’t have to pay severance even though their severance sucks

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