Flying to TI today - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Strube09
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 23, 2010, 01:06:54 pm
content: I am pretty excited. I am flying down to Dallas TX today. I will be visiting Texas Instruments next week and doing some seminars.Hmm... Maybe I can get them give me a free launchpad

author: saturation
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 23, 2010, 02:29:11 pm
content: AND more ! There are often free samples of many things you get at trade shows, sometimes manufacturers have them easy to get, like when you see new products being given free at supermarkets.

author: rossmoffett
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 23, 2010, 05:10:27 pm
content: Enjoy that Dallas traffic.. I was stuck in it just the other day.

author: JohnS_AZ
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 23, 2010, 05:29:58 pm
content: Ask them where the hell my Launchpad boards are!!(2 months and counting)

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 23, 2010, 07:24:18 pm
content: Yes, ask them about the LaunchPad, why the TI support muppets and the Harte Hanks muppets don't answer inquiries, and why they didn't fulfill orders, if at all, in the order they received them.

author: chscholz
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2010, 04:05:25 pm
content: I am out of town this week, otherwise I'd invite you to dinner.Enjoy Dallas, looks like you'll be very lucky with the weather.ChrisQuote from: Strube09 on October 23, 2010, 01:06:54 pm

author: Strube09
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 24, 2010, 07:34:53 pm
content: Ughh... Storms in Dallas caused delays... Plane was diverted to a different airport becuase we were running low on fuel. Flight took me almost 6 hours and my original flight time was 2hr 40 mins... But here now and weather is nice.Oh and I don't have to worry about the traffic to much as I have a old friend in the area that has been driving me around... Plus the seminar has been moved to my hotel so it will be very convienet.Oh yeah, and the weather is great. I am from michigan where it is getting cold very fast.More tomorrow after everything starts.

author: Strube09
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 26, 2010, 02:48:24 pm
content: So far I am very unimpressed at TI's efforts with this seminar.Presenters seem very unprepared. They handed out thumbdrives with the seminar on them... then told everyone to give the drives back... Rather cheap on their part... can't even spare the thumb drives.Anyways New topics today and hope they are a bit more interesting and prepared.Strube

author: Time
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 26, 2010, 03:27:28 pm
content: TI recruits heavily from the school I went to. They have specially funded masters programs that directly funnel students into their system as test and integration engineers. A good amount of the department was ex-TI and I thought almost all of them were terrible professors. Because of this I was totally turned off to TI. They have an aging management workforce so all of their ideals and methods within the company are very old fashioned, closed minded, and boring. All of my friends who graduated and work for them hate their jobs and are over worked. As a young person entering the technology industry I wanted nothing to do with such a company.