Career Advice

How to Escape the Corporate Rut for Midcareer Chip Engineers

Simple ideas to keep your paycheck, grow skills, and enjoy the work again.

Aug 13, 2025 • Vikram Sekar

Passion versus Practicality in Engineering Careers

A framework for choosing your specialization focus when industry trends and personal interests don’t align.

Jul 9, 2025 • Vikram Sekar

7 Unwritten Rules for High-Impact Engineering Careers

What they don’t teach you about thriving in technical organizations, but will define your success.

Jun 8, 2025 • Vikram Sekar

Why Getting a Semiconductor Job Is Harder Than It Should Be

Understanding the structural bottlenecks behind hiring, education, and outdated industry practices, and some helpful suggestions to navigate the career…

May 18, 2025 • Vikram Sekar

Why the Chip Industry Is Struggling to Attract the Next Generation

Six hard truths about how engineers enter, survive, and often get stuck in the chip industry — and what needs to change.

Apr 20, 2025 • Vikram Sekar

8 Strategies to Speed-Run Graduate School

Stuff I wish I knew, but no-one told me.

Jul 14, 2024 • Vikram Sekar

The Graduate School Dilemma

Should you get a graduate degree or not?

Jul 7, 2024 • Vikram Sekar

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