|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Firmware Update
- November 8, 2011
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in this issue
-- Are Engineers Insane?
-- Training Dates Set for 2012
-- Industry News That Pretty Much Sucks
-- Good News: Firmware Jobs Aplenty -- More Good News: Training in a Box is on Sale
Firmware Update is a free newsletter by embedded software expert Michael Barr. It is Copyright 2011 by Netrino, LLC, but may be reprinted for non-commercial purposes. Please forward it to colleagues who may benefit from the information. |
|
|
Are Engineers Insane? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Einstein (or someone smart, anyway) once defined insanity as the act of doing the same thing over and over and expecting the outcome to change. But Bill Schweber is also right that beating our heads against the wall in a similar manner is often part of the engineering experience.
Indeed many engineering advances are made by trying the same actions repeatedly, until things finally "click". Often, you may be doing the same thing over and over, but some unknown underlying parameter is different or is affecting your results (noise, contamination, orientation), and does not become apparent-and therefore understood-until more detailed investigations are completed. |
|
|
Training Dates Set for 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In January 2012, I'll be teaching a winter session 2-credit short course on Embedded Software Architecture at Johns Hopkins University. If you live or work in the Baltimore area, I hope you can join me.
Then in May 2012, we'll run the next session of our popular Embedded Software Boot Camp. This training will be in Maryland too, so we're also looking at venues in Texas and California for a February or March Boot Camp. (Where would you like us to hold this?) |
|
|
Industry News That Pretty Much Sucks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Apple after Steve Jobs http://embeddedgurus.com/area-0x51/2011/10/apple-after-steve-jobs/
Another one bytes the dust. RIP Dennis Ritchie http://bit.ly/pfezes California Governor vetoes bill; cellphone contents remain searchable by police without a warrant. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/10/warrantless-phone-searches/ Insider Attack Against Diebold Voting Machines http://bit.ly/nW6kGn Programmers are being lured to the 'dark side' of computer security. http://www.testmagazine.co.uk/2011/09/coders-are-being-lured-to-the-%e2%80%98dark-side%e2%80%99/ Engineers, their egos, and how they are taken advantage of. http://www.edn.com/blog/Design_Cycle/41385-Engineers_ego_and_how_we_get_taken_advantage_of.php |
|
|
Good News: Firmware Jobs Aplenty ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Infinia (Ogden, UT) is hiring electrical and firmware engineers for design and validation roles. http://www.infiniacorp.com/employment-opportunities-form.html
Digital Signal Corp (Northern VA) wants to hire an Embedded Software Engineer. Job listing: http://bit.ly/pILulu Zeidman Consulting (Cupertino, CA) wants to hire a full-time computer science research engineer to work on a range of projects. http://ZeidmanConsulting.com Energy Micro (Oslo, Norway) seeks experienced #embedsys engineers to developing software libraries for low power. http://energymicro.com/careers CTDI (West Chester, PA) is looking to hire C and RTOS firmware engineer in voice/video-over-IP field. http://ctdi.objectwareinc.com/Portals/32/Software%20Engineer%2010-2011.pdf AD Group (Warrington, UK) is looking to hire an embedded software engineer with strong experience in Linux. http://ad-group.co.uk |
|
|
More Good News: Training in a Box is on Sale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For a limited time, we're offering a $100 discount on the price of the self-paced hands-on Embedded Software Training in a Box.
|
|
|
Quick Links ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|
|
Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email:
mbarr@netrino.com
phone:
866.78.EMBED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
