I’m pretty thankful I’ve been given the opportunity to get out…I don’t know how long the new opportunity will last, but I think staying in the semiconductor industry when you are a software guy is an extremely career limiting move. The good old days of software selling hardware are over.[/quote]
It probably is a smart move to get to a sw-focused company, not a hw focused company.
However, there are still some opportunities in hardware – at least in the Bay Area.
Indications are very very strong that both Apple (mostly a hw company) and Google (mostly a sw company) are posturing themselves to enter the automotive business.
I’m looking forward to it. With the exception of Tesla, it has been a long long time since the US has had a successful new car company come along. And the jury’s still out on whether Tesla will survive.
My son is a car nut and in the bay area – he’s salivating at the opportunities arising all around him up there.
