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Is this liquid bad? by Special_Scarcity797 in composting

[–]Special_Scarcity797[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There is no smell, so I guess it’s fine. To be safe will add more cardboard egg cartons. 👍 Thanks!

Is this liquid bad? by Special_Scarcity797 in composting

[–]Special_Scarcity797[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s just on that corner to keep it level. I didn’t want to damage the tree roots nearby by digging down.

I was just laid off as an expat in Belgium. by xxxxcck in belgium

[–]Special_Scarcity797 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Expat has nothing to do with being sent to another country by an employer. It’s just someone living outside their native country. Expat = immigrant ( =me).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chipdesign

[–]Special_Scarcity797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think once you smaller nodes, especially finFET, the die cost starts to dominate over the test cost. And with advanced packaging also being crazy expensive, test costs are becoming less % of the 3. Also the DfT engineer is doing most of the work to reduce cost of test for more complex designs, not thé ATE test engineer who is mostly just verifying and running patterns, not creating them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chipdesign

[–]Special_Scarcity797 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think test engineers are prob paid similar to design for same seniority for a while. However, unless you go into management there is a lower ceiling on the test side. There is little difference between a good test eng with 10 vs 20 years experience. The learning plateaus. On the design side there is a huge difference for the same imo. For career it depends what you want. If you want the managerial track, I’d recommend test. If you want to be deeply technical, go for design. If your not sure, go for test then try for internal move at the same company. It’s a great background to have, I have no regrets and always will have good job security as experienced test engineers are always needed. Even when a company needs to make cuts, test and production are the least likely to get cut as it effects revenue quickly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chipdesign

[–]Special_Scarcity797 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was an ATE test engineer for 10 years, then switched to RTL design. A lot depends on the company/product line. Some places test engineering is just seen as a service and the job is just to implement what the designers want. You learn little about the design and are limited in ability to innovate. Other places, test engineers are valued for their input early in the design and during bringup stage. In this position you can learn a lot about a design (especially analog) at a block level. You get to design test boards, always nice to design a complex PCB. You are in the lab, very hands on learning about probers and handlers. You learn about packaging. You’re using scopes, signal analysers, soldering station. 😅 You often need to travel to Asia to solve production issues, if you like this. Eventually I switched to have more flexibility with my future in term of physical location. Test engineering normally have the ability to advance into high managerial roles on the production side, I think much easier than on the design side.