I worked four years with Compaq (now HP) developing server storage peripherals, such as the array controller above.

As an electrical engineer straight of college, working as a design engineer for Compaq's server storage team was a pleasure.  The products our group designed -- array controllers (shown above), hard disk enclosures (shown below) -- were

centered around a circuit board.  Therefore, as the engineer

for the circuit board at the heart of the product, I got to work with a wide variety of people all working to ensure that the product was successful.  As an electrical engineer, I learned how to design high-speed digital logic system.  I worked with teams and people from a number of areas: signal integrity simulation and verification, mechanical engineering, software and firmware, project management, CAD tools/layout, legal teams (for filing patents), in-circuit test/mass production, field support, FCC compliance, shock and vibration, technical writing, and many others.