OT: working in the music industry

[patchell]

Augusto Pinoche wrote:

> >     The closest I ever got to working in the Music Industry, was >when I
> >interveiwed for Sequential Circuits.  They were a nice bunch >of dudes, but
> >the guy that interveiwed me sort of scared me.  One of >the questions he
> >asked (in fact, the only question I can remember >from back then) was "Do
> >you actually know how to design analog >circuits or do you just fiddle with
> >them till they work?".  He >explained the question by stating that that was
> >how the P5 was done >by him.  I never got the job (was never made an offer)
> >but had <decided when I walked out the door that maybe working there might
> >not <be a good idea.
>
> Well, that sounded scary to me to, what a odd question to ask in a
> interwie!Hmm, since you say that it was him who made the P5,
> it might have been the founder him self Dave Smith or somthing!
>
> Besides what was he actually want to know, if you
> fiddle or know how to do analogue design??
>

    I think they wanted to know if I knew how to do analog design.  One of the
previous places I worked I had to clean up designs that were done by just
fiddling until it worked, and didn't really want to do that again.  From
previous experience, when you actually try to fix something, there is always a
lot of resistance.

>
> Maybe now we all know why badly the series one of the P5
> is , he "developer just fiddled until it half worked"... >;->
>
> AP

-Jim
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