Friday, November 17, 2006

huh??

My job is complicated. Well, i'm not saying other's job are easy... i know every job has it own difficulty. What i really mean is, my job is too complicated to be explained.

Lately i've been suffering during my regular social activity. Being a person who is just started working, people tend to ask about what im doin for a living. It's easy for those profession like doctor, lawyer, architect, hawker, promoter... blah blah... but then it's never easy for Engineers, especially engineer like me.. why?

Here's why..
Doctor
Friend: Hey, what's u do for a living?
Doctor: Im a heart surgeon.
Friend: Oh~~

Lawyer
Friend: Hey, what's ur occupation?
Lawyer: Im a District Attorney
Friend: Oh....

Accountant
Friend: hey, what u do at work?
Accountant: Well, im auditing client's account
Friend: Oh~~~


Engineers

Test Engineer
Friend: hey.. u do what?
Engineers: well, im a test engineers
Friend: Test Engineer? means you test company product la
Engineers: well.. can say so..
Friend: Oh.~ ic..

R&D Engineers
Friends: what is your job?
Engineers: well.. im a R&D engineers
Friends: Oooo


well... for me. it usually goes like...

Friend: Hai Fee, what u do at work?
Fee: oo, im a Wafer Sort Yield Engineer
Friend: huh? what?
Fee : Oh.. i take care of the sort yield of the wafer.
Friend: huh? wafer, can eat 1?
Fee: (frustrated) no, not that wafer... wafer made by silicon.
Friend: ?????????then how u take care?
Fee: I analyse the test data
Friend: So u are data anlyser la~
Fee: no~ im a Engineer, Yield Engineer.
Friend: okok.. whatever..

5 comments:

Ah^Yap said...

i know wat u feel,coz i 1st heard bout yield engineer tat time i oso dunno wat is yield engineer doin,so do u rite?haha.....

Winds said...

yield enginner is a very important role to the silicon product line :D

Anonymous said...

Yeah, Yield Engineer... :P

龟头@Kenny Sim@恺俊 said...

i totaly know how you feel.

this is my case:

Friends: what is your job?
Chuin: Do Music.
Friends: Music? Cool! how to do.
Chuin: Erm..Composing,Recording,Arranging,Editing,Mixing,Mastering.bla bla bla
Friends: Music Can Arrange one ah? how? like Arrange CD's in the rack?
Chuin: Errrr....
Friends: U can Mix 3 Songs in 1 Songs ah? how?
Chuin: Errrrrrrrrr......
Friends: Wah,Music Can Master also ah? then who is the Slave?
Chuin: Errrrrrrrrrrrrr..... (Sweat)

w_mys said...

yield engineer. what the hell is that.but after u explained a little, at least can capture bit