Sunday, November 05, 2006

Playing Bad Guy - An Episode with Ron

always be prepared to play the bad guy if need be and not feel bad about it. even if it be in the last stage of validation, avoiding a design flaw from reaching the production floor and ultimately the customer is more important than giving them a piece of diamond jewelery with one missing stone. his words still ring in my ears: "just state the facts. i will play the bad guy. don't worry"

Ron struck an analogy of a senator standing up to his conviction for the good of the people, costing him anger and unrest from his own party members. there were certain occasions in political scenario where the elected representative of the people pushed a bill for a noble cause and then handed over the office to another person by simply deciding not to contest for a second term. it takes plenty of courage to do this sort of thing. a particular bill or policy would have been the only reason for such broadminded public servants to go through the ordeal of elections.

while talking about how important it is to stop flaws in the design and validation from going to production, he also stressed that each little thing costs money. especially small mistakes in semiconductor biz are too costly for a company of any size.

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