Forty years ago my family and I attended President Jimmy Carter’s inauguration. In what seemed an unprecedented event, my siblings and I had January 20th off from school. As a Washington, D.C.-based federal worker, my father also had a holiday. Our family adventure to D.C. started with a drive to the Silver Spring Metro station….
Month: January 2017
My First Lesson in Work/Life Balance
My parents instilled in my siblings and me the value of hard work. I worked hard at school, and when I started working in government labs I worked hard there. It paid off with winter break employment. Every time I finished off a summer job I would ask if they would like me back for…
Quotes to Aspire to for 2017
Those who know me know my adoration of quotes. Over the many years at Intel I collected quotes. By the time I departed Intel, the document consisted of 79 pages and 23,978 words. Entitled “Good Quotes,” it became my touchstone as I would write my status reports. Over a decade ago I began choosing three…
Attributions in the Engineering Community—From the Weak Write Test Mode Saga
I had approximately 500 Pentium (P54CS) parts that uniquely failed the Weak Write Test Mode (WWTM.) In the lab I ran the test on an IMS debug tester to diagnose the failing cell location–engineers always want more data. I talked to engineering managers regarding additional tests. The resulting list would require help from other engineering…