A decade of life for a radio frequency engineer - who is not confused in life
When I first entered the industry 10 years ago, I was very confused and had no direction. My ideal job at that time was to be a civil servant or a career worker (I was so ambitious but incompetent). I didn’t understand this industry. I was very exhausted in the first year. I didn’t want to learn. I just muddled through the days and thought about finding a more stable and decent job. After working for a year, I learned nothing. Decadent, anxious, ambitious but incompetent, this was my state in the first year of my work...
In the second year, I felt that this was not a solution, so I started from scratch and changed jobs. However, since I didn’t learn much in the first year, it was not as easy to find a job as when I just graduated. Finally, I found a company specializing in RF, thinking that no matter what, I should learn a skill first. I started to work on RF, debugging amplifiers, drawing boards, welding boards, moving instruments... In fact, when I was busy with work, I was not so anxious, and my state began to improve. After doing a few projects, I felt that I had accumulated enough and needed a bigger platform, so I quit this job.
After changing to my third job, I had a better understanding of the industry. I felt that the work in a company specializing in RF was too much and tiring, so I switched to the complete machine industry.
This was my best time. I had some basic knowledge of RF and had done some projects. My goal was very clear at that time: I wanted to be an RF leader. I worked hard towards this goal, studying overtime every day. I felt fulfilled and had a direction. After successfully completing several projects, I became an RF
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But after becoming the RF leader, I was happy for a while. Less than a year later, I found that I couldn’t find the direction of my job and fell into a period of confusion again. Because I am an RF engineer, I need to be familiar with product design to get promoted. But I don’t know much about communication protocols and waveform algorithms. I feel that I have no chance of promotion and I can’t find the direction to strive for... This time, I am not confused about the unknown future, but I am confused about my position. There is no big change in changing jobs, the salary will not increase much, and the work may increase exponentially.
I started to play badly again, and I thought at the time that this might be the midlife crisis.
Although I was not active at work, I did not stop learning. I began to study and research communication systems and integrate knowledge points. After about two years of sorting out, I had a clearer understanding of communication systems from symbols to electromagnetic waves, and I also had a comprehensive understanding of indicators from a product perspective.
After two years of playing around, although my RF capabilities have not improved, I found that my understanding of the product is different from before. I can battle with the product manager and say that his requirements are unreasonable. And I have communicated, exchanged, and discussed with Waveform many times, and found that my understanding from the communication level is more systematic and comprehensive than theirs. Gradually, my goals have become clear, and I have found the next direction to strive for - Product Director or Technical Director
Regardless of whether I can eventually reach that position, I know that the positive feedback that struggle brings me is incomparable to anything else, and what I need to do is to be prepared, learn, and actively participate in product requirements design and discussion.
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