A lot of my friends and families always asked me what I actually do for living. It is very hard for me to explains what I am doing to non technical persons and most importantly, there is also involving Non Disclose-able sensitive information that stopping me from telling. I believe even Sock Peng does not know what my job is actually.
Few months back, I posted something which probably the one and only lengthy Chinese post on “中年危机 ： 裁员名单里有我的名字” . After that incidence, I have been redeployed to another department and I guess life goes on.
Many of you may curious on what I did for living as I have been traveling so often and even been relocated for a short period of time. I have always wondering if I am actually allowed to even blog on what is my job, where I am working and what project that I did before. Probably blogging on this topic may cause me to lost my job eventually. Well, since I haven’t read anything in the Company Policies that I should not do it. I can probably mention something that already considered as History.. and only touching them on the surface.
Over my 12 years career, I have been working in the Production software, Software R&D and firmware R&D for various companies. Some of the projects that I involved before I came to Penang are PowerReactor 3 and US9001 series on-line Fault Tolerant Power Supply. Working on these has made me sort of immune to high power / high voltages. Due to the impacts of 1997 economy crises that dragged for years, I have left the company and moved to Penang.
The first 2 years of my career in Penang is some how ending with a blank resume. I have involved in a newly setup company that also designing and manufacturing UPS. It is however the company went into bankruptcy at the end. With the introduction from a friend, I have joined the current employer and started a whole new career and new life. I still think I should not disclose too much on this area but all I can say is I have involved in the 86100C Infiniium DCA-J wideband oscilloscope mainframes and its family products. I have then moved on and involved with the development on Compliance Testing Softwares which run on the 80000, 90000 series oscilloscopes.
I am then further given some opportunities and involved in the development of Oscilloscopes. This is when I have the chances to experience living & working abroad for about 1.5 years. With the recent economy crises, I have to return to Penang once again to help on some other projects but in stead been identified to be “redundant” at the end as mentioned in “中年危机 ： 裁员名单里有我的名字“.
I think I have managed to built up my “Personal brand” over the years and I am happy that there are several department managers and engineers that are interested in recruiting me into their organization as soon as they are aware I am “available”. Since it is again involving some confidential non-disclose-able information. I cannot really tell what I am working on now but it is definitely something that you can find on the product portfolio.
I’m sorry if you felt cheated after reading all these that I actually still never tell what I did for living. Probably one day in the future, I will be able to actually put down what are the specific products I actually involved in and what work that I actually done in it. The day probably will come… just not sure when will it comes.
Is not important to know what are you work for living, the most important is you are happy working with it. As long as you and sock peng are happy living together, whatever job you work also not important anymore. 希望你每天都快快乐乐的。
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凡人旅館,
It is always loves and hates on the job. That the reality.
Agree with 凡人旅館.
希望你每天都快快乐乐的.
MK,
I will be happier after i solve the current issues.. have been staying late for few days already. Haven’t done that in a long long time.
I think it’s alright if no one knows what you’re doing. As long as you know what you’re doing that would be fine. Unless you don’t know what you’re doing, that can be a big problem.
You’ll be fine. You won’t lose your job because of this post. I’m very sure about it because I have to deal with a lot of employment stuff and this post is definitely not considered internal information of your company.
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Jerine,
I censored a lot of stuffs after I finished the initial draft. Original contents are too much P&C information in it.
You will be surprise of how much things we don’t know about what we are doing actually.
哈哈，it is common for those who’s not in your field. I believe you probably might not understand what SP is doing too. Same with me, my hubby does not know what my research is and I do not know his actual work too. Just know his title “business analyst” and he know I am studying Ph.D. Life will be more happy if things can be simplified. /yeh
铃兰心语,
Is true that I don’t know all of what SP is doing… but in overall, i still know more then enough of what she is doing. Life is really much simpler If only things are really that simple..
I think I know what you are doing coz I was in the electronic devices manufacturing field for 4 years (even though I am not working on production software but I have colleagues in Software R&D Department).
Understand your worry of revealing your job scope. It’s work ethic not to reveal company P&C information to other people.
I ever used Agilent Oscilloscope, hehehe~
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女爵士,
Actually i just sort of wanted to rant about it. It has been pretty difficult for me to answer when someone asked me or Sock Peng what is my job.
最近有时候看到你的时候，好像一直在摇头，真的那么“惨” 吗？:p
WP,
每天9点，十点才回家。。。 好累。今天也是十点多才离开。算是好还是坏？ /phew
huh..so late? don’t be so hardworking …..:p let me scold CH for u when i see him next time…hahaha…