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"The U.S. chips industry is expected face a shortage of 67,000 technicians, computer scientists and engineers by 2030, while the broader U.S. economy is set to have a gap of 1.4 million such workers, according to a 2023 study from the Semiconductor Industry Association."
That sucks to hear man. Maybe you can get a job at the Micron plant in NY when it eventually opens up? They also do seem to have a history of many layoffs. But considering many of those were post acquisitions and that there is nobody else for them to buy, maybe layoffs are less of a concern than they were? From the current and ex Micron folks I have interacted with at work or at interviews, they all seemed quite nice. Back when I was interviewing there as a college student, the head of the department I was applying for actually had a personal policy of setting up a meeting with every new hire to get to know them before sending out the official offer as something of a formality. I remember being super nervous, but it was all for naught because he was a super friendly guy. Onsemi is another option for employment in the NY area, but I don't know what their safety or work culture are like, so I couldn't say if they are better than GF. A final option I can think of is to go to the tool vendor side. Surely they have engineering offices as well as the opportunities for field engineer positions throughout NY.
That sucks to hear man. Maybe you can get a job at the Micron plant in NY when it eventually opens up? They also do seem to have a history of many layoffs. But considering many of those were post acquisitions and that there is nobody else for them to buy, maybe layoffs are less of a concern than they were? From the current and ex Micron folks I have interacted with at work or at interviews, they all seemed quite nice. Back when I was interviewing there as a college student, the head of the department I was applying for actually had a personal policy of setting up a meeting with every new hire to get to know them before sending out the official offer as something of a formality. I remember being super nervous, but it was all for naught because he was a super friendly guy. Onsemi is another option for employment in the NY area, but I don't know what their safety or work culture are like, so I couldn't say if they are better than GF. A final option I can think of is to go to the tool vendor side. Surely they have engineering offices as well as the opportunities for field engineer positions throughout NY.
Nbd, I got out of the GF ecosystem years ago when I saw the writing on the wall, probably the one of my better career decisions. Before that I worked with Micron engineers on an ill-fated JDP with a certain failing big blue company, they saw the writing on the wall when we did not and were vindicated in the end. Far as I'm concerned the only certainties of working in this industry in 2024 are death, taxes, and layoffs. Best you can do is find the writing on the wall.
