Very well written, but please realize that you are just glorifying a culture of giving up your life for the sake of the company. TSMC is not unique - all of semiconductor industry works this way. Intel, Samsung, and all their suppliers push their engineers and technicians to their limits, until they forget that there is a life outside of work. TSMC employees did not "rush voluntarily" to save the fab after an earthquake - they were on-call that night.
It is true that overtime and semiconductor industry are inseparable, and I am not here to argue that it needs to change. But it is exactly as dull and, exhausting, and soul crushing as it sounds.
Hi Mikas, thanks for your comment. I do hope readers can understand it was the sacrifice of the numerous unsung heroes that made TSMC what it is today. As I mentioned, there are criticisms of the company too, so I hope people do not interpret it as a glorifying article. Thanks for pointing out that TSMC engineers were on call. Lin Hong-wen's book has that description and my classmate told me he went back to the fab after he woke up from the earthquake I took it for granted. Maybe we as outsiders could never know how tough the work is as you do. Thanks again.
Very well written, but please realize that you are just glorifying a culture of giving up your life for the sake of the company. TSMC is not unique - all of semiconductor industry works this way. Intel, Samsung, and all their suppliers push their engineers and technicians to their limits, until they forget that there is a life outside of work. TSMC employees did not "rush voluntarily" to save the fab after an earthquake - they were on-call that night.
It is true that overtime and semiconductor industry are inseparable, and I am not here to argue that it needs to change. But it is exactly as dull and, exhausting, and soul crushing as it sounds.
Hi Mikas, thanks for your comment. I do hope readers can understand it was the sacrifice of the numerous unsung heroes that made TSMC what it is today. As I mentioned, there are criticisms of the company too, so I hope people do not interpret it as a glorifying article. Thanks for pointing out that TSMC engineers were on call. Lin Hong-wen's book has that description and my classmate told me he went back to the fab after he woke up from the earthquake I took it for granted. Maybe we as outsiders could never know how tough the work is as you do. Thanks again.