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CatalinaWOW:
Seeing an old design and not recognizing it is the hardware version of not putting comments in software.  How likely would it be for you to have missed the connection if the CCBs had a model number etched in?  Something like digsys-0034.  Or there was a sticker inside the housing with some basic information like business name etc.  The latter would also let new owners, or new people in charge of an operation after those who purchased and put the system into use figure out where to go for upgrades, repairs and similar products.

It is really easy to generate these labels/stickers these days, and even very low cost versions can last for decades.

digsys:

--- Quote from: CatalinaWOW --- ... How likely would it be for you to have missed the connection if the PCBs had a model number etched in?
Something like digsys-0034 ....
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In my case, I have all relevant info on the PCB, and IF I make a custom lexan screen, on that too (just a logo etc) .. but I RARELY bother looking for that info,
unless there's a good reason to find it ie a Motherboard or comms PCB / protocol. And if the repair isn't that complex, or a 1-off, there's no value in collecting unnecessary info. I already have several filing cabinets full of rarely used documents. I just didn't recognize the unit AT ALL. (and nearly twice more today :-) )

Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: james_s on July 25, 2018, 12:02:59 am ---LOL! That's the funniest thing I've seen all day. I don't recall ever doing that but I'm sure my turn is going to come sooner or later.

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You don't recall ever doing it. See, it's already happening!  :scared:

brucehoult:

--- Quote from: GreyWoolfe on July 23, 2018, 11:46:49 am ---I think that whoever coined the phrase, "Growing old gracefully" needs is @ss kicked.  There is nothing graceful about it.  The love life wanes, the eyesight goes, the memory goes, errr, ah, what were we talking about?

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Not looking forward to all of that :-(

Fortunately I'm only 55, just last year decided to settle down with one "forever" (here's hoping) woman, and this year joined my first real Valley startup.

brucehoult:

--- Quote from: KL27x on July 23, 2018, 09:02:29 pm ---I suspect that for many EE and programmers, that their most productive years will be in their teens and twenties. And that is goes downhill from there.

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My experience is different.

I toiled thanklessly in obscurity through my 20s, had no idea what I was doing in my 30s. The first real break showing where I belonged came when I was 43 and for the last dozen years things have just kept getting better.


--- Quote ---The ones who manage to continue in the field will be the ones with the best people skills and enough ego to continue talking down to the younger generation and make their lives miserable by telling them how to do things, and enough BS skills to appear indispensable to upper brass or investors.  :)

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None of those apply.


--- Quote ---Other more technical EE, some end up in a very specialized niche. Much easier to keep current and relevant in a specialty.

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Closer. Programmer, not EE, but I've worked my way into specialising in programming language compilers, low level software, and recently even moving towards design of machine code instructions that are both useful for compilers and easy/fast/low power to implement in hardware.

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