Five-step career planning for R&D engineers

Five-step career planning for R&D engineers

In fact, the law of technology is similar. Although it is the way for electronic engineers to grow up, I think technicians in other fields are the same. Because it took me a long time to complete the transition from a beginner to a system engineer, I wrote my own experience in the hope of playing a modest role.

As a newly graduated college student, if he has a master's degree, in fact, it only takes about 6 months to 1 year to realize this change.

As long as you are diligent, good at communication and good in character.

Everyone can understand the first two; Good character means that everyone looks at this person pleasing to the eye, is willing to help him, is willing to talk to him about everything, and is not tired of getting along.

If dogs are grumpy and selfish, who cares? You know, selfish people are also willing to be with people with good character.

An electronic engineer, or an electronic system design engineer, needs an opportunity, and this opportunity is won by himself. Crying for progress? With this spirit, you need a master to carry it.

But who will take you to work? Very little, or none. The market competition is fierce. It used to be said: Do church disciples starve to death? This phenomenon may be more serious in state-owned enterprises. In private enterprises, you need to create benefits for your boss. As for study, you study on the job. The boss won't let you study without working. You can only learn by doing.

I divide the growth path of technicians into several stages:

1. entry 1~2 years

Stayed in the classroom for three years.

3. Diligent pursuit of Excellence

4. Communication and collaboration

5. Have a deep understanding of an industry and be a product for 5 years.

The first step is to get started with -5 1 core and basic circuits.

China has a population of 1 100 million. How many college students graduate every year? I don't know. But I saw a photo, and the job fair was bustling with people coming and going, which was very shocking. There has never been a moment when I feel that China is so rich in human resources. However, what have the college graduates learned? Some theories, theories divorced from reality. Is it useful? Very useful. However, in the enterprise, what is needed is to do something to solve the problem. So many enterprises don't want college graduates. They say they have no hands-on ability. They don't know what resistors and capacitors look like and what they can do. However, they have high self-esteem and high expectations for wages. When I could do something, I patted my ass and ran away. Therefore, enterprises now like to use children trained by junior colleges and even vocational schools. At least these children know their own weight and can do things in a down-to-earth manner. You know, many of them are not bad at talent. Many of them have poor family conditions. They are bitter children since childhood and have no conditions to receive a good education. They will cherish the opportunity once they get it.

There are many children who have been misled by others in universities now. There is nothing wrong with expanding enrollment, but has the laboratory expanded? Has the classroom been expanded? Did the teacher expand? At least the lab hasn't been expanded. A graduate student recognized by Lao Shu said that only at a certain stage can you go to the laboratory to do experiments. Many tutors just treat their students as slaves. If they can learn something at work, they will be lucky. Bad luck is directly the cheap labor of the tutor, who can't learn anything and does a lot of work.

However, since students have to get their diplomas and have to take exams, there is nothing they can do. How can they save themselves?

In the introductory stage, you need to learn a lot of knowledge, find out the knowledge system you need in your field, and start from the most basic.

Want to be an excellent electronic engineer, Lao Shu can talk about his own views.

It is generally acknowledged that to be an electronic engineer, one must first learn from 5 1. Old trees don't need rap.

First, buy a development board. The cheaper the better. You can practice keil C on it. It's better to buy another emulator, so the debugging efficiency is high. Of course, this is not cheap, but I think like-minded brothers can buy it. Anyway, 1 day, 24 hours, 8 hours per person, in turn, a few months, C5 1 language is almost the same.

Secondly, look at the old tree's article. Beijing college students have nothing to do to stroll around Zhongfa and recognize what resistors, capacitors, transistors, chips and connectors are mentioned in Laoshu's article. Look at how the motherboards, network cards, sound cards and graphics cards on their computers are drawn, and find that these boards are masterpieces of masters.

Conception of a small product, according to the thinking problems in the old tree article, find a book of protel99se, practice from each menu, step by step, starting from the minimum system of single chip microcomputer-> Input->; LED->； RS232/RS 422/RS485->； Solid-state relays, relays and other principles are all drawn, learning while drawing, doing it bit by bit, and doing it well. It's best to find an expert to see where the problem lies, and then improve it repeatedly. Find a feeling in such a simulated actual combat.

By the way, what do I think of the development boards on the market? Of course, these development boards are all good, but I can only learn languages, and I won't teach you to draw schematic diagrams and PCB. You still need experts to take it with you when you actually do it. I was taught by a friend and learned it in half a day. At that time, it was protel 3. 16 under DOS.

Support the war by fighting. Wouldn't it be nice to find a company to help them make a small product, which can not only get the guidance of company experts, but also make a sum of money? At this time, the cost of your development board and emulator will come out. From the schematic diagram->; PCB-

& gtC5 1, single chip microcomputer is also an introduction.

Step 2: Enter the room.

Have a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge in the technical field, make a good knowledge reserve, and thoroughly master single and multiple technologies at the same time.

As an electronic engineer, at this time, you need to have a comprehensive understanding of all things of electronic technology, mainly by reading technical articles on magazines, BBS and websites, and the series of "The Complete Collection of Single Chip Microcomputer Application Technology" edited by Mr. He Limin, so as to have a comprehensive understanding of single chip microcomputer and its supporting circuits, input and output, communication and so on. What's the goal? Technical reserve of the system. Knowing what problems can be solved and where to find solutions is very beneficial to your future work and solving practical problems.

If you can really do this, you will definitely be better than the old comrades in your unit in the future.

When Lao Shu was in the state-run research institute, he did nothing for a while. It was in those one or two years that he read the technical magazines of the institute, especially the application of electronic technology. Laid a good foundation.

At this time, strive for the opportunity to learn the hardware design of experts. The faster way is to go to the manufacturer of industrial computer and see how the board and conditioning board of industrial computer are designed and what is used. I remember that the old tree saw foreign equipment for the first time and asked everywhere, not knowing what it was. I saw it later in Sitong Industrial Control. It turned out to be a solid-state relay. At this time, all the knowledge about solid-state relay came to my mind.

What does this look like? You don't know what it does. You see it every day and turn a blind eye.

That's what happens to a willing heart. Under what circumstances, you can gradually accumulate knowledge and strength. After all, a product is not only a single chip microcomputer, but also needs many peripheral circuits, according to He Laoshi's classification, such as forward, reverse, man-machine, mutual channel and so on. To make a product.

At this time, seize any opportunity to participate in a large-scale product development, do one thing in it, and you can learn some elements of product development such as communication, collaboration and interface.

Step 3: Diligent pursuit of Excellence

There are many people in China. Everyone's IQ is 100. Who is more stupid than who? Why are you better than others? You can have a good job, a good income, a good car and beautiful women. The old tree believes that there is no other way but to rely on diligence.

Study hard-as we all know, knowledge is money;

Work hard-if you want to earn more money than others, you can work more hours and improve your work efficiency under the same IQ. Other 5? Eight hours of work, you 7? 16 hours, your work efficiency doubles, and soon you earn five times more money than others? Laoshu Company has two employees. They used to grow apples in their hometown, but they didn't make any money. Get up at 8: 00 in the morning when you are busy and close at 12: 00 in the evening. At the end of the year, they also earned a sum of money to go home. They are very happy, and so is uncle. Now that two people have done the work, the management of the company has saved trouble.

The same is true of development. Of course, this company that needs you has this mechanism, the mechanism of getting more for more work. But if not now, do you want to do it?

I think it is necessary. On the one hand, do other people's work, practice your own skills and grow your own skills. On the other hand, if you make more efforts, you can quickly upgrade your technology, and your technology can make breakthroughs and become proficient, handy and superb. At least, there is no problem with skilled jobs.

Just like a pot of water, it is always a small fire. If it is burned for a long time, it will be warm if swallowed. But as soon as the fire started, it started quickly, that's what it meant.

Look at Guo Jing in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. He has no other skill but to practice foolishly. If God helps him, he will understand one day. This thing about technology is like this. Breaking the threshold is a smooth road. Need diligence, diligence, and diligence. One day, when this day comes, you will share joys and sorrows.

Diligence has another meaning, that is, heaven rewards diligence. In fact, everyone will give him a chance when he sees a diligent person. He thinks it is happy to help such a person. Don't worry about putting things in his hands.

There is also a metaphorical meaning. Knowledge needs many references to compare, associate, refine and sublimate. In other words, you may have paid n times the effort of others, but you have got more than n times the return. Your knowledge is not simply accumulated, but qualitatively changed.

It doesn't matter whether you have worked hard in this unit or not, even if you haven't been treated fairly. Just change the environment, someone will appreciate you. Besides, there is always a reward for giving.

Some people are used to complaining. They have no good parents, no good teachers, no good companions and no good environment. These people need to read articles to see how Mr. Zhou grew up step by step.

Step 4: Communication and cooperation

There used to be, but now there are fewer and fewer. Make a small product and you can live a carefree life.

This kind of situation is becoming less and less now. In any unit, to make a good product, it is necessary to actively communicate with peers and cooperate with people from different departments. Often communicate with people from different units to complete opinions.

Some people are introverted, which is not desirable from the technical point of view. It is still necessary to be good at communicating with colleagues and asking experts for advice in order to learn the real skills.

Step 5: Learn more about an industry.

Everyone needs a unique technology to live in this world; What's more, you are a reader of this forum;

Some people are naturally charming, some people are born with golden voices, and some people have a good father and mother; These are not enough, let alone these talents?

When you master high-end technologies such as MCU, ARM, CPLD/FPGA, it should be said that there are no problems in fitness and life, and you can solve the basic problems in life. But if you want to go further, you need to enter a deep understanding and excavation of a certain industry.

The engineers I know who live in BMW mansions by technology are not superior in technology from the beginning, nor does it mean that their products will be much better than others from the beginning. On the contrary, they are all particularly resilient people, all grasping the opportunity of a certain industry, working intensively and persevering in a certain industry, while others are doing other things. Only he is still slowly working hard in this industry, five years or even longer, and gradually recognized by the industry. A friend of mine, that's how * * became a positive result.

There is a joke that the industry that just left has the fastest development. That's the truth.

China is big and the market is big. As long as you work hard, you will get something.

Do you need to work in multiple industries? Personally, no, there is gold in that industry.

Is it necessary as far as the company is concerned? That depends on whether your company has talents in this field; We still need to see if there is a mechanism in this regard. Otherwise, there is no need to blindly expand multiple industries. What needs to be done is to be at least the top three in a certain industry.

You see, the original LOTUS notes was sold to IBM, and only 3 million copies were sold. When I arrived at IBM, I sold100000 copies. This is the product. While occupying the market, it will also benefit economies of scale. A company doesn't need too many products, and selling more is the right way.

Like Gillette, it is such a small blade that it is so comfortable to make such a big enterprise.

Like Ge, every industry is a leader in the industry, which is the technological accumulation of capitalist society for 200 years. In China, what needs to be done is that every small company is the best product. Starting with small products, China is the best, Asia is the best and the world is the best. Do it. China will be strong.

Only in this way can a big company like General Electric emerge. Only in this way can the technical foundation of such a large company be formed.

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