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RAZD
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Message 8 of 19 (759270)
06-10-2015 11:29 AM
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06-10-2015 10:24 AM


What is their turnover rate? If they turn over a lot of engineers that might be bad.
Make sure you get patent rights on your software -- you developed it before you worked for them. If they want to use it to make improvements then they should pay you royalties.
It is your intellectual property, don't sell yourself short!
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RAZD
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Message 14 of 19 (759281)
06-10-2015 1:06 PM
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06-10-2015 11:45 AM


Their turnover rate is almost nill. This company's yearly revenue is about $2B. It's like caterpillar for mechanical engineers. You join such a company to stay with for life and they take care of you and your family.
So where can you expect to be in 10 - 20 - 30 years? Management? Or still cranking out at your entry level? Where do you want to be in 10 - 20 - 30 years?
Message 11: My current boss late last year suggested that my current company could use this software as a line of business software and use it internally by our engineers. The goal is to have an advantage over other engineering firms in this area. ...
I did that at one company -- improved processing of designs to the point that the work could be done by 4 engineers instead of 5. Then they let me go because they only needed 4 ... (that was a learning experience).
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