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Furry artist, IC design engineer, hardware security & cryptography, πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ¦Š, occasionally NSFW. I post about engineering stuff here. My main profile for art and other fun stuff is @leaf (fursuits.online)
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I was drawing on the airplane. Guy behind me taps my shoulder, "You're going to the animator's conference? Those drawings are great. I run an animation studio. Which studio do you work for?"

"Thank you but sadly I'm attending the cryptographic hardware module conference." Thx for the FOMO :)

Here's to all the kids who were born with non-default settings; to all you who put the effort in to figure yourselves out.

You're amazing and deserve to be celebrated.

I'm glad you're here πŸ’

I've never suffered from Imposter Syndrome in engineering but I've had countless moments of positive illusion, thinking I'm better than I really am :P
Actually we will hire in Europe and Asia, but never in the US. Meanwhile the tiny US team with only 2 design engineers has to design and support products for the US defense market in addition to our standard product line. I'm the unlucky fool who's responsible for design, implementation, and support our entire defense product line. They expect the most of us but give us the least amount of resources, so excuse me if I support our customers poorly (if at all), and if our products seem ill-conceived and jury-rigged (they are). πŸ˜‚
@photorat shhh 🀫 :)
@photorat Well I do design some automotive products. They must adhere to safety standards because if they fail it's possible that the vehicle could kill people. Ya, it's a little stressful to think about.
@drwho It isn't, but that's ok. I think I'm done with CVs forever. I'm so tired of this stuff, and I'm not keen on building my reputation again with a new employer (who is likely to be as gross as my current employer). I've mentally disengaged from my industry and my passions have shifted to the arts. I'm coasting through the final years of my engineering career, preparing to ride off into the sunset, but if my employer pisses me off I'll just bail early.

Me: "We're understaffed. This leads to sloppy, inefficient execution and the whole team is stressed out. We need more engineers."

Boss: "I know and I agree. But we need to show more revenue before the execs will approve more reqs."

Me: "We just made the most revenue ever. If we're unwilling to invest in our team now, we never will."

Boss: "Uhh... hmmmm"

I have this convo with my boss every year. This is why I don't really care whether our projects succeed or fail.

Patent #21 granted! πŸŽ‰
20 years is an eternity in tech, especially when working at smaller companies. I've survived many rounds of layoffs by becoming the person that the org can't live without. It isn't always as nice as it sounds :P