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Advice from Willy Sansen to Students Who What A Career in Solid-State-Circuits

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Dai

I read a small article from Willy Sansen, titled ‘Solid-state circuits and a career for life’ from ISSC Magazine.   He came up with a question – What advice can be given to students who want to build up a … Continue reading →

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Several Reasons PhD Students fail

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Dai

I read an interesting post yesterday by a statistics professor on several reasons PhD students fail. I would like to recommend the post – How to fail a PhD. For those who are too busy to do a click, I … Continue reading →

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What Is A Good Circuit Design?

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Dai

When I was a first-year PhD student, I got easily lost in the sea of papers. Always dream that I could come up with fancy ideas and flash circuits. And, you know, it always ended up with despair. As time … Continue reading →

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Tired of technical stuffs? Then, some music…

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Dai

Long time no update! Busy with technical stuffs, tired, but still feel good! Feel so good that have the moods to talk a little bit about songs and life. Songs tell the stories of life. Life makes songs. No songs … Continue reading →

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My top 5

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Dai

No pay no gain. I finally know my top 5 strengths via the on-line test, which costs me $13.71 to buy the book with a test code inside it (ideally, ignore the shipping fee). What’s more, I got a 18-page … Continue reading →

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Knowing your strengths

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Dai

“From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. – StrengthsFinder 2.0“ This sentence is from a personal-development website, which I knew from one of my friends. She once asked … Continue reading →

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‘Great’ Engineering Personality Metrics

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Dai

Have you ever questioned yourself whether you’ve been doing so many details upon the current task and might already get lost somewhere? I have! Have you ever doubted your own capability when you’ve been engaged in numerous and tedious circuit … Continue reading →

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A frog at the bottom of a well

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Dai

It’s a Chinese idiom. The story is about a frog living at the bottom of a well. It is quite satisfied with its living conditions and surroundings, even though it never comes out of the well and has a look … Continue reading →

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