tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339965312011-07-29T01:03:14.186-07:00Ruminations about the Electrical Engineering profession as practiced in Silicon Valley by an IEEE Senior Member. Disclaimer: All Posts here are official IEEE business in that they are messages about IEEE activities from an IEEE volunteer. These messages do not constitute official records of R6-PACE activities, nor official IEEE or IEEE-USA policy statements. Website: http://www.ieee.org/scv/paceJonathan David, PACE Volunteerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06546377452410726176noreply@blogger.comBlogger641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33996531.post-81000139925798675762011-06-13T14:40:00.000-07:002011-06-13T21:26:59.222-07:00

The url arrived by twitter, with only the hash tag #Analog.The Shocking headline, Analog guru Jim Williams dies after stroke.Now this is not normally the place for an obituary, but this is career related.Jim changed my career trajectory. In the article, you can read how Jim dropped out of college, and how he wound up at MIT, not as a student, but as a lab technician, and eventually found his way

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I have yet to find a career book that doesn't tell us "YOU are responsible for your Career" in some way, and while this book is no exception, after finishing it (3:ooam this morning), I had new insight into the rules of the career game, why I'm considering taking that internal posting at Headquarters (WTF? Leave Silicon Valley?), why my boss has been loosing sleep over my project, and 3 things I

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If you are into technology, and have an engineering degree, this is an opportunity to see the best and brightest of the next generation in action. (I'm not eligible, as I'm a Mentor to one of the competing teams!) Jonathan David ----------------------------------------------------------------- from Elise Englehart: SVEC (Silicon Valley Engineering Council). Hello all! I'm writing to

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If you are like me, you probably learn your lessons best when put in a story form. The person telling the story may not know the rest of your history, or the lesson you'll draw from his story.But the stories are useful to us none-the-less.Some folks are better at telling Stories than others. I happen to think that Charlie Stross is pretty good. And right now he is telling the story of his Career

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you think. you hope.and then you get a call from another company.Do you tell them "No thanks"?I've known a couple of folks in the industry who've have offers "rescinded" recently.Nick the Headhunter tells it decently: http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/hadeadly2.htm

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I had an interesting discussion about Analog IC design career strategies this morning: Specialize in a crucial IP block - ie Gigabit Serdes / Pipeline ADCs - then consult around the industry to help people implement these into their designs. This works for up to 10 years before enough others understand your trick well enough to do it themselves. Specialize in tool use and Optimization and general

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Recently a friend who was one of my industry contacts when I was an undergrad (many many years ago between the invention of the PC and the invention of the internet) who is considering getting into analog design asked for some ideas on how to get a job in this arena.While of course the key, as in any job situation, is to be seen as a reliable, competent engineer with enough experience in the

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If you have not yet joined the revolution that Dave Winer and others started when they created RSS,now the White House has an RSS feed.--Leverage your curiosity (its a core value!!) find yourself a feed reader, ( I use google reader)and start subscribing.Happy Feeding!

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"But those values upon which our success depends - hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old.Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States"David Brin notes the curious presence of Curiosity as a core American value in his blog post today.I think its time for Americans, and especially engineers to get re-involved with

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thanks to David Brin (the SCIENCE fiction author, and a champion for civilization) I'm made aware of a study that finds that nearly half of the women that START a career in the STEM arenas the IEEE tries to encourage (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Leave the field between the ages of 35-40. And the top reason is apparently related to gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The

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I've been told that my prior declaration that I prefer to see projects thatBenefit careers of current membersleverage multiple sources of fundsfeed output back for other section's benefit - and build onemade it sound like sections should not submit projects that relate to K-12 outreach.Wrong. Every potential geek kid deserves to find the joy of innovation and "creation" that we get every day as

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Keith from the FortHuachuca section has submitted the First Expense Report I've gotten!Thats pretty fast. He printed, signed and scanned his expense report back to a PDF and emailed it to me.. so even if someone Mailed it before they left Indy, Keith's is the first one I got.Thanks..By the way, it seems my Estimate of the taxed on the hotel were a little off, so I am Raising the allowance per

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By way of Greg Wilson I ran across a few of the Google Tech Talk "Coaching" series.Among the many benefits Google offers it's employees (free lunches, fun work etc) is access to "career coaches" to help employee's reach the next level. So what you say.. how does this help me? Well as part of their program they invited several of their coaches to give presentations - which like most "tech talks"

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What if YOU could use the 360 degree review to help your own career.. rather than as a tool for your manager?Jason pointed this out in his post today:to Quote my favorite part..Maybe you think you are a hotshot, CEO-type that excels in strategic planning and motivating the worker-bees. And then you get your Reach 360 feedback and learn that most people think you are more reserved, very logical

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Oakland East-Bay - Rosanna LermaSanta Clara Valley - Will LumpkinsMetro LA - Larry Bergman-- and as previously reportedSeattle - Maury MillerOrange County - Rep R. SampathHawaii - John CameryPalouse - Paul SwingleSan Diego - Kesh Bakhru-- 17 openings out of 38 sections total.--- we have special funds for 5 Gold people (who have not attended the annual meeting before)San Diego - Omar BautistaR6

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One of the authors that Inspired me to think about technology as a Career, Sir Arthur C. Clarke has passed. I was altered to this by way of the blog of another author who has opened my mind to things more recently, Charlie Stross.I remember learning from the early guys (ACC, RAH and IA) some of the "technical skills" a person should have to prepare for living in space someday (The Cold war

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Its time for folks to register.. so far from region 6 we have budgeted funds for -21 sectionsSeattle - Maury MillerOrange County - Rep TBNLHawaii - John CameryPalouse - Paul SwingleSan Diego - Kesh Bakhru-- 17 openings out of 38 sections total.--- we have special funds for 5 Gold people (who have not attended the annual meeting before)R6 Gold - Russell Hunter (the region 6 GOLD chair)---Ed

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I've not yet started an account at Jason Alba's jibberjobber service, but today I am suddenly starting to feel the impact of what a typical job hunter might be doing if he doesn't already have some kind of system in place. For me, I'm trying to catch up on 2.5 months of backlog in this role for IEEE's Region 6 ( home of the largest section in IEEE and the largest (both geographically and by

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So in my New role as R6 pace coordinator, I'm meeting with the PACE folks from the other regions today, getting training on the paperwork I'll have to do.. (approving funding requests and getting the pace leaders around the region to attend the Annual Meeting and Sections Congress) .While its NICE to be in the position to give away money, I do want to be clear about the purpose of PACE project

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We have created a NEW pace blog, with an address that doesn't include my alias,for future SCV PACE event announcements.I will remain as a co-author of that blog. THIS blog will be for announcements related to my new PACE role, IEEE Region 6 (Western USA) PACE Coordinator, and for general IEEE-USA related postings.We are arranging upcoming planning meetings and our next PACE event..for April 23,

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We'll be modifying this blog in the upcoming weeks, I've been asked to serve as the Region 6 (Western US PACE coordinator) and Will Lumpkins has been elected to serve at the SCV PACE chair.Will is ALSO the President of the Consumer Electronics Society, and active as well in the SCV CE chapter.More soon!jbd

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I'd have left this as a comment on bill's blog, but figuring out which of EDN's scripts to let run to let me post it wound up being too hard..Bill Betts has just started an EDN blog about a career transition - his second post is dealing with advice about accepting the package.its probably better to read his tips now, or you may find out that you were repeating well known mistakes when you do have

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I have pre-approved ALL ACTIVE Full Members and Abovethat have VALID email addresses in their IEEE profile..Since Linked-In requires the use of an email address in the pre-approval data, I did not pre-approve anyone who doesn't have an address in the IEEE database.-- To get access to the group you will have to make sure that you have the email address you gave the IEEE in your Linked-In account.

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At Tonight's IEEE section meeting (an Administrative meeting for all section activities), we had a quick presentation from Sandra Giha, a technical recruiter for Tesla Motors. She has a list of at least 20 immediate openings for EE type folks. If you are looking to make a higher impact towards decreasing Humanity's impact on the Environment, while working with Cool, and FAST cars, you might

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Interested in Startups? Blogs? or connecting with others who are?Linked-In is hosting a LinkedIn Answers type event featuring Q&A with Guy Kawasaki (former Apple evangelist) and Fake Steve Jobs a.k.a Dan Lyons (widely read tech blogger, senior editor at Forbes and author of "Options"). The questions for the event will be suggested by LinkedIn users ( http://tinyurl.com/yoplqg). Further event

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Back in August,I did a comparison between a number of Job posting Search sites based on Keywords I would use if I were searching. IEEEUSA has one that I left out, the IEEEUSA Career Navigator.Trying this one today, postings that match the keywordsAnalog IC design Mixed-Signal 1000+Analog IC design Mixed-Signal Verification 305Analog IC design Mixed-Signal Verilog-A 115Ok, that LAST one

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We'll be posting the slides from today on the SCV -Pace WebsiteSpeakers:Ed Perkins:Career info from 4-d consulting.comlink to the Career Asset Manager that ed mentioned Motivational Appraisal of Personal Potential Know What Truly Motivates You - The MAPP Assessment reveals the real you: your natural motivations, interests and talents for workfree site - but they want you to registerPaul

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Why do you need to attend this friday's workshop?The U.S. Senate is currently debating the Patent Reform Act of 2007. ThisBill will profoundly affect IEEE members who deal with IntellectualProperty and is the most significant change in patent law in the past 50,if not 100, years.Those who would like to learn more about the Patent Reform Act of 2007should log into the IEEE-USA Legislative Action

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Steve Hargadon (Granite Bay, CA) is an educator educational technology consultant working to integrate computers into his classroom.. but NOT just computers, also Open Source Software, and the Participatory experience of Web2.0.If you are interested in K-12 education, and infecting our kids with enthusiasm for engineering (or science, technology or math) you should be following his blog.. and

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IEEE-SCV-PACE Career Workshop 2007 Date: Friday Oct 19th Location: San Jose Fairmont Hotel Time: 8:00 Registration 8:30 Career Workshop 12:35 Lunch Line 1:00 Networking Skills and practice 3:00 Legislative activities 5:00 Membership Development discussion Cost (includes Lunch) Advance Registration (pay at the door add $5.00 –

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The all-new 2007 CAREER ACCELERATOR FORUM from IEEE Spectrum Online is coming!Topic: Career Security for Technology ProfessionalsLive Event: 11 October 2007Available On Demand from 11 October -10 January 2008SIGN UP TODAY at: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/cafThe IEEE Career Accelerator Forum will be your opportunity to gain insight and advice on advancing your degree, getting ahead in your field,

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A weaker patent system is one more step closer to reality with the House passage of a new patent bill. the IEEE-USA has taken a position that, while harmonization is acceptable, weakening the strong protection we have here in the USA is bad for Innovation and Innovators.Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., who said (quoted in the WSJ) that the bill would "dramatically weaken the patent rights of

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Speaker: Russ Harrison, IEEE-USA Legislative RepresentativeDate: Fri Oct 19ndTime: Afternoon (before dinner)- this is one of several sessions we will hold that dayLocation: Fairmont Hotel, San JoseThe reality is that our government will impact an engineer’s career and this impact can be positive or negative, yet few of us take any time other than voting to influence this process. Learn how you

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"And my favorite tip for sorting through resumes: Throw out half. That way you won't hire anyone who is unlucky!"- Scott Yates - in a comment on Guy Kawasaki's post about hiring folks via CraigslistI have been given advice in the past that If I couldn't find a better way to make a choice between employer's, to "Pick the Lucky One". But the nonsensical idea above, almost doesn't deserve a

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In conjunction with the IEEE-USA Board 0f Directors OpComm meeting, SCV-PACE and GOLD will be hosting an all-day career workshop on October 19th, at the San Jose Fairmont.We are shooting for a morning "Skills Assesment" and afternoon - "Networking Skills" and "research resources" + some presentations on IEEE services.Details (costs?) will follow.What Career Questions would you like answered ?

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I enjoy Guy Kawasaki's blog on marketing. If you are currently in the position of marketing your self (ie "looking for a job") you might benefit from his posting today, and how several applicants for a job he was trying to fill "took themselves out of the running". Cover letters might not be important to some hiring managers - or when working with a recruiter, but Guy thinks highly of them.

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All too frequently I hear from folks who have been told by management that they cannot attend or (even if accepted) present at a conference. The reasons vary from cost to schedule. Naturally we accept this if the reason happens to be "you can't disclose this" - but it shouldn't necessarily mean that you can't attend such a conference.Should you take vacation, and pay to attend yourself? At this

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As I popped open my browser this morning , I realized that my last two blog titles were giving the impression that I might be LOOKING myself. So I changed one of them to clarify that it was about someone else..And let me state now, I'm not job-hunting. But of course I do know that a good career doesn't make itself. One has to keep his eyes on his goals ( the ideal job picture from What color is

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The CareerJournal today published an article about an outplacement counselor who lost his job recently. This guy is probably now a much better outplacement counselor than he was prior to this experience. - and based on his work over the past couple of decades, he'd already set the bar pretty high for others in the field.the organization he created for those who've lost their jobs "

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Recent discussions about the dire shortage of technical experts on the part of the industry, which werefueled by the government's failure to pass the recent immigration bill, started a discussion on the IEEEUSA - CWPC corresponding members email list about how to get the message out about the OVERSUPPLY of engineering talent, and how to cut back on the "production" of new engineers by the

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I've only read the review at "the simple dollar" but it looks like a book needed by some.. I wonder if they will realize they need to read it though.http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/07/01/review-the-12-bad-habits-that-hold-good-people-back/

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Due to a lack of focused effort on planning this event by "yours truly" we have no panelists to attend this event.. I was focusing on some other things and let this drop, for which I appologize.We'll update the page when we have the new date.Jonathan

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Guy Kawasaki 's post today Ten Questions with Penelope Trunk pointed out another blogger I need to read, and to her new book "the Brazen Careerist".If you are spending time thinking about your career these days, you'll probably benefit by her writing.

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RE-SCHEDULED: - India Grand Buffet dinner& Networking 6:30-7:30 - Panel 7:30 -8:30Silicon Valley is still a GREAT place for startups to form.. Here we have great research universities to generate ideas, Venture Capital firms for seed money, and the greatest concentration of technical talent. Yet one of the challenges startups face is finding and hiring the RIGHT talent.From our point of view, as

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IEEE-SCV-PACE: April 3, 2007Shouting in the Wind?How to get our Elected Officials to LISTEN to us.Eventful Calendar EntrySpeakers:Dr. Russell LefevrePresident IEEE-USA 2008Chair, TAB New Technology Directions CommitteeLee ColbyPresident SierraRF, Past-Chair Santa Clara Valley SectionNetworking Activity: Alan J Weissberger Tuesday April 3, 2007 7:00 pmAgenda:PACE Committee Meeting 6:00-7:00pmDoors

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Bill Gates is quoted in today's Wall Street Journal: "We face a critical shortage of scientific talent," further, adding that such shortages are hurting Microsoft and other companies.Lou Dobbs posted the question: "Do you agree with Bill Gates that the U.S.should allow an unlimited number of cheap, foreign tech workers into thiscountry?" Results: 7601 no (96%), yes 225 (4%). You can participate

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IEEE Santa Clara Valley GOLD/PACE Networking DinnerDate: Tuesday, March 6 2007 Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm Leveraging Social Internet Sitesfor Career DevelopmentLocation: India Grand Buffet1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale, 94085Buffet Dinner Cost $10 Beverages extra cash or credit payable on siteRSVP requested to j.david@ieee.org : Include Name for Badge and if IEEE member or not.or Leave a comment or

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Here are some Ideas that came from our recent brainstorming session.Which one(s) would you rearrange your schedule to attend? The higher the response the sooner we'll schedule that topic.Selling your ideas, your selfUsing Social Networking in the Engineering Career.Networking SkillsNetworking PracticeWorking with K-12 StudentsMaking Career Decisions PanelUnderstanding the $$ side of Start-ups,

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Dick Bolles, whose book I reviewed early in this blog, and 2005 PACE speaker. was one panelist on today's KQED forum. Po Bronson is author of "finding your Dream Job" - maybe we should invite him to come and talk?You can download the MP3 or listen to the Archive on the KQED site.Jonathan

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We have a GOLD networking meeting scheduled for March 6th, $10 Buffet dinner (beverages additional)More details will be published here shortly.

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If you cannot attend todays meeting in person, I am opening up a dial in meeting1-866-244-8528passcode241405

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Join me for lunch on Feb 6 to help put some meat on the bones of our schedule of activities for 2007. In Addition to 3 PACE Lectures, 3 GOLD events and 3 WIE events this year,I think its High time for us to have a conference that would qualify as an M-PAC, but we need a better name, unless this years "2007 Santa Clara Valley Professional Development Conference" sounds like it would work.I'm

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March 13 14, 2007Who: All IEEE members in the United States (no experience necessary).Where: Washington, D.C.What: A golden opportunity to speak up on behalf of your profession.In 2006 Congress debated major changes to our nations immigration laws. Part of thatdebate included a major expansion of the H-1B program and other changes to the high-skillimmigration system. But because these

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Since I was counting on the GRID to announce this planning meeting more widely,and the event did NOT get announced in the GRID, I think we should probably reschedule this..AFTER the holidays.More Soon.Jonathan

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We had planned to meet prior to the last PACE event to lay the ground work for 2007 PACE and GOLD Meetings, but that happened not to work out.this time, we'll meet on Friday Nov 8 starting a 6:00pm.Initial Proposed Location: Premier pizza - RivermarkBut the location may change, so please check back, or RSVP early.PACE will buy the Pizza.Cost of entry: Help us identify Topics that engineers "Need

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Just announced on the ECS community page, Spreading the word.The IEEE-USA Employment and Career Services Committee has launched a Webinar series that will assist you in finding your next job, maintaining your career, negotiating an appropriate salary, and understanding ethical considerations in the workplace. In the first part of the series you will find out how to get ready for your next

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A friend of mine recently asked for volunteers for the SCV GOLD group. Rather than attempt to carry on individual conversations with each one for the entire information, I am putting the intial information dump on what they need to know here, then followup with each one tosee what volunteering role best fits them.About IEEE-GOLD the "Graduates of the Last Decade" is a group of all IEEE members in

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Since one comment questioned the cost of the career e-handbook I mentioned earlier,I thought I'd add this note from the mailing I got today from the IEEE-USA Free IEEE-USA e-Book for Membership RenewalIEEE members who renew their memberships before 31 December 2006 will receive acomplimentary IEEE-USA e-Book. Titles include "Career Planning Guide for IEEEMembers," "The Best of IEEE-USA Today's

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For those of you considering registration as a career option, the IEEE-USA has PE review courses available in CDROM format. They can be purchased at https://salaryapp.ieeeusa.org/rt/salary_database/shop .Periodically one of the local sections holds a local PE review course. If you are interested in a local course, please leave a comment on the comment page and specify which technical area you'd

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Speakers: Ed Perkins, Dr. Trudy Hu Location: Coco’s Sunnyvale Date: Friday Nov 3, 2006 Time: 6:30 dinner 7:00 presentation PACE exec-comm meeting 5:30pm 1206 Oakmead ParkwaySunnyvale, California 94086United States Cost: Dinner $10 minimum per person RSVP http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-001494271-1 Or email j.david@ieee.org Every mega trend requires new frontiers new visions,

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IEEE-USA 2006: PRIORITIES, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY ACTIVITIES Speaker: Dr. Russell Lefevre, IEEE-USA VP Tech. Policy Location: Coco’s Sunnyvale Date: Tues Oct 3, 2006 Time: 6:30 dinner 7:00 presentation 1206 Oakmead ParkwaySunnyvale, California 94086United States Cost: Dinner $10 minimum per person RSVP http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-001494269-6 Or email j.david@

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What if YOU discovered you had to “bail-out” of your job tomorrow? Is Your Parachute packed? [in case you don't "get" the title - read this]With the rate of change in today's society, even those working their dream jobs right now need to keep an eye on their career.Without a clear view of your dream job, you may miss the little signs that you are drifting away from your best career path. You

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The LARGEST section was not the first with a web page, (I had to post the first version of the SCV Section web page on my compuserve account) and they apparently are not the first to have a blog.IEEE Richmond Section BlogIEEE Twin cities SectionYou won't really appreciate the power of blogs until you add one to the content your MyYahoo account web page, or other RSS aggregator.here's the Yahoo

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I've been an IEEE member since my sophomore year at Oregon State University. At first it was just because "all good electrical engineers are" (many are not). Then it became a way to get experience leading in an organization should I ever aspire to management. As I graduated and left for my first job, it provided a way to keep up with technology advances happening outside of my first

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