Engineering Company

http://www.vtech.com/

they contacted me through a job search site. i already have a job, but they seem like fun.

synqor

This power electronics company called SynQor offered me a job. I think I'm going to take it.

About SynQor

The interviewing was intense. I was actually hoping to move west to CA, but this company is really cool so I guess I'm going to be moving a little bit west. Haha. It's located 30 min west of davis square. The founder and president of the company used to be an MIT professor, and he is one of the authors of my power electronics book. I was really surprised to get an offer right then and there. The veep also talked to me for a long time about the organization of the company and the rotational program they have for new employees, where they eventually train you to be an electrical design engineer over a 3-5 year period. This company is serious about mentoring and it's horizontal organization structure, which is really important for me. YAY

San Francisco and Makani Power

This is the Makani Power office.

We've been hanging around the Berkeley area, and I think it's really great. I am trying to move to the Bay area by this fall, and we're thinking about where we would want to live. The Berkeley area has great markets and shops. We went to an Italian deli today and a Persian deli a couple days ago. There are great ethnic restaurants, like Thai and Indian. I also swapped some music with my friend Lynn. And we got giggles!

Of course, I am nervous about being able to get a job here. Makani Power seems promising. At the end they asked me who else they should interview and recruit. They also asked me how to get more female applicants. Apparently they got 5/500 female applicants or something like that. I am actually kind of surprised I don't know more EE people and EE women. I know some people, but they're not my class or looking for a job. But I told them I am working on the issue because I'm going to be an EE tutor for a summer program targeted at high school girls to get them interested in math and science. Mostly, it is to boost their confidence in their own abilities and interests. At the same time, even in China, there are still more men in engineering than women even at the height of equal expectations for boys and girls. Am I saying there is a genetic difference? I wouldn't say that because then it's a self-fulfilling prophesy, but perhaps there is something besides social pressures. It may something about how girls and boys learn or something.

the lineup

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map and location of companies i'm going to visit tomorrow.

San Francisco

i am in san francisco right now, yay!

i am trying to get a job at a wind power startup

i guess i'm too tired to write other stuff

United Technologies

Maybe I should apply for a job at this company.

They're doing some R&D for green technologies like fuel cells, building technologies, and elevators.
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wireless power

oh yeah, so I read edn magazine (electronics design, strategy, news) and in the july issue they talk about wireless power. this company is cool. http://www.powercastco.com/

maybe i can work for them when i grow up!