Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news... Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day job. Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so any circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by hobby work or on the side. In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the educational videos and maybe hobby stuff. Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD proselytizing. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com I'm looking for work -- see my website!
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Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote:> Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news...> Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day > job. Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so any > circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by > hobby work or on the side.> In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current > customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the > educational videos and maybe hobby stuff.> Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD > proselytizing.Seek and yee shall find. Basic law of the universe. Good luck! But keep your options open.
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On 5/16/2017 11:49 AM, Tim Wescott wrote:> Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news... > > Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day > job.Congratulations! (and good luck making the adjustment; the idea of having to BE somewhere early in the morning is anathema to me!).> Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so anyThe folks who make displays? (or, a different "Planar")> circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by > hobby work or on the side. > > In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current > customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the > educational videos and maybe hobby stuff. > > Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD > proselytizing.It will be interesting to hear your observations of how things (i.e., design) differ when seeing the corporate world *fresh*. (even if you don't publicly share them, I suspect you will "notice" them, at some level) I think most of us only see it *once*, "fresh" -- and, at that time, have little other experience with which to contrast it.
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On Tue, 16 May 2017 12:14:42 -0700, Don Y wrote:> On 5/16/2017 11:49 AM, Tim Wescott wrote: >> Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news... >> >> Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day >> job. > > Congratulations! (and good luck making the adjustment; the idea of > having to BE somewhere early in the morning is anathema to me!). > >> Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so any > > The folks who make displays? (or, a different "Planar")Them guys. Cool stuff. Not a spinning motor or a low-level signal in sight, but lots of big pretty video displays.>> circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by >> hobby work or on the side. >> >> In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current >> customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the >> educational videos and maybe hobby stuff. >> >> Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD >> proselytizing. > > It will be interesting to hear your observations of how things (i.e., > design) differ when seeing the corporate world *fresh*. > (even if you don't publicly share them, I suspect you will "notice" > them, at some level) > > I think most of us only see it *once*, "fresh" -- and, at that time, > have little other experience with which to contrast it.I suspect I'll be distracted by getting into the 9-5 routine for the long term -- but yes, it'll be interested. Planar seems like a very happy company, and they've made a point to work with me on the whole customer transition thing (basically if I don't mess up with them, they're letting me support my existing projects). So I'm looking forward to it. I'm replacing a coworker of mine from over 15 years ago (I heard of the position opening up because I was invited to her retirement party), and one of my other coworkers works there, so in a sense it's family already. -- www.wescottdesign.com
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On Tue, 16 May 2017 13:49:28 -0500, Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote:>Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news... > >Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day >job. Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so any >circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by >hobby work or on the side.Software Designer 5? Sounds a little like being in Sector 7-G?>In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current >customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the >educational videos and maybe hobby stuff. > >Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD >proselytizing.Time Division Duplex? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:17:17 +0000, eric.jacobsen wrote:> On Tue, 16 May 2017 13:49:28 -0500, Tim Wescott > <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote: > >>Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news... >> >>Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day >>job. Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so any >>circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by >>hobby work or on the side. > > Software Designer 5? Sounds a little like being in Sector 7-G?"Really Senior Embedded Guy".>>In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current >>customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the >>educational videos and maybe hobby stuff. >> >>Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD >>proselytizing. > > Time Division Duplex?Test Driven Design. -- www.wescottdesign.com
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On 5/16/2017 12:41 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:>> It will be interesting to hear your observations of how things (i.e., >> design) differ when seeing the corporate world *fresh*. >> (even if you don't publicly share them, I suspect you will "notice" >> them, at some level) >> >> I think most of us only see it *once*, "fresh" -- and, at that time, >> have little other experience with which to contrast it. > > I suspect I'll be distracted by getting into the 9-5 routine for the long > term -- but yes, it'll be interested.In hindsight, it was "educational" when I look back on transitioning *out* of the 9-5 routine. Just the idea that *I* could control my schedule, what I worked on, the order that I tackled aspects of the project, etc. No need to justify an equipment purchase or worry about exceeding that budget. And, no time wasted in unproductive meetings! Of course, it was ALSO enlightening to discover there was noone stocking the "stationery cabinet". And, no one ordering the parts for the prototypes -- or, chasing down shipping errors. And, any mistakes were *all* accountable to *me*! :-/> Planar seems like a very happy company, and they've made a point to work > with me on the whole customer transition thing (basically if I don't mess > up with them, they're letting me support my existing projects). So I'm > looking forward to it.Cool! As a 9-5, I often had employment agreements that wanted to poke fingers in what I did outside of work. In one case, a prospective employer grumbled that he "thought HE would satisfy my need to engage in intellectual pursuits -- what MORE would you want?" (this being the red flag that had me walk away from their offer) This persisted into contract work -- where clients would want to "own" everything I did for them ("Sure! But, that means you can't benefit from anything that I did for the PREVIOUS client; I'll have to bill you to reinvent all that stuff...") [If you're "just looking for a paycheck", you view things differently than if you're looking for interesting challenges to consume the hours of your life]> I'm replacing a coworker of mine from over 15 years ago (I heard of the > position opening up because I was invited to her retirement party), and > one of my other coworkers works there, so in a sense it's family already.Even better -- as you'll have the inside dope on the place instead of stumbling into it (at some personal expense). Good luck!
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On 16/05/17 21:24, Tim Wescott wrote:> On Tue, 16 May 2017 20:17:17 +0000, eric.jacobsen wrote: > >> On Tue, 16 May 2017 13:49:28 -0500, Tim Wescott >> <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote: >> >>> Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news... >>> >>> Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day >>> job. Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so any >>> circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by >>> hobby work or on the side. >> >> Software Designer 5? Sounds a little like being in Sector 7-G? > > "Really Senior Embedded Guy". > >>> In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current >>> customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the >>> educational videos and maybe hobby stuff. >>> >>> Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD >>> proselytizing. >> >> Time Division Duplex? > > Test Driven Design.Be prepared to meet some people that believe X works /because/ all the unit tests for X are passed and the console shows a green light. Usually they have never been introduced to the concept that "you can't test quality into a product". Unit tests developed as part of TDD are highly beneficial, but are not sufficient. But I'm sure you know that!
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On 5/16/2017 2:01 PM, Don Y wrote:> On 5/16/2017 12:41 PM, Tim Wescott wrote: >>> It will be interesting to hear your observations of how things (i.e., >>> design) differ when seeing the corporate world *fresh*. >>> (even if you don't publicly share them, I suspect you will "notice" >>> them, at some level) >>> >>> I think most of us only see it *once*, "fresh" -- and, at that time, >>> have little other experience with which to contrast it. >> >> I suspect I'll be distracted by getting into the 9-5 routine for the long >> term -- but yes, it'll be interested. > > In hindsight, it was "educational" when I look back on transitioning > *out* of the 9-5 routine. Just the idea that *I* could control my > schedule, what I worked on, the order that I tackled aspects of the > project, etc. No need to justify an equipment purchase or worry > about exceeding that budget. And, no time wasted in unproductive > meetings! > > Of course, it was ALSO enlightening to discover there was noone > stocking the "stationery cabinet". And, no one ordering the > parts for the prototypes -- or, chasing down shipping errors. > And, any mistakes were *all* accountable to *me*! :-/ > >> Planar seems like a very happy company, and they've made a point to work >> with me on the whole customer transition thing (basically if I don't mess >> up with them, they're letting me support my existing projects). So I'm >> looking forward to it. > > Cool! As a 9-5, I often had employment agreements that wanted to > poke fingers in what I did outside of work. In one case, a prospective > employer grumbled that he "thought HE would satisfy my need to engage in > intellectual pursuits -- what MORE would you want?" (this being the > red flag that had me walk away from their offer) > > This persisted into contract work -- where clients would want to "own" > everything I did for them ("Sure! But, that means you can't benefit > from anything that I did for the PREVIOUS client; I'll have to bill you > to reinvent all that stuff...") > > [If you're "just looking for a paycheck", you view things differently than > if you're looking for interesting challenges to consume the hours of > your life] > >> I'm replacing a coworker of mine from over 15 years ago (I heard of the >> position opening up because I was invited to her retirement party), and >> one of my other coworkers works there, so in a sense it's family already. > > Even better -- as you'll have the inside dope on the place instead of > stumbling into it (at some personal expense). > > Good luck! >Unless the politics have changed dramatically in the last 20 years, luck won't help you.
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"Tim Wescott" <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> wrote in message news:0cCdndKxRuwl1IbEnZ2dnUU7-bWdnZ2d@giganews.com...> Since this is a newsgroup, and this is news... > > Wescott Design Services is going into remission, while I pursue a day > job. Job title is Software Designer 5 at Planar Systems -- so any > circuit design or control systems jones will have to be satisfied by > hobby work or on the side. > > In the near term I'll be finishing up current work with current > customers; in the longer term I'll probably concentrate on the > educational videos and maybe hobby stuff. > > Lots of embedded Linux work in my near future, and possibly TDD > proselytizing. > > -- > > Tim Wescott > Wescott Design Services > http://www.wescottdesign.com > > I'm looking for work -- see my website!Good luck. I don't have any job and got a traffic ticket for $238 plus $54 to attend traffic school. I plan to fight the case since the signs are not properly posted. If I lose, I will ask for community service and tell the court I have no money and would like to pick up trash on the roads. The city pays $10 an hour for picking up trash. Or, I might get an easier job working in a senior centor. Time will tell. I made an illegal left turn where the signs are hard to see. There is a picture here:: https://ibb.co/jUv3t5 .