Very true. Ironically, my career has come full-circle and I am now working for Intel doing chip design (actually working on developing tools that do chip design). The process of producing modern state-of-the-art chips is truly mind-blowing.
But I also have a soft spot for the GA144, which represents the other extreme, it's what one man can do versus what a whole team of talented engineers can do.
Yes.
> Can you tell more about your job?
This is my boss giving a talk about the tool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGQd-suLvzQ
It was developed at a startup called Barefoot Networks, which was acquired by Intel a few years ago.
What else do you want to know?
Is your team hiring? I'm working at Intel, though far from hardware design - in the MPI library's team. In my spare time I learned Common Lisp and some basics of hardware design, so I would be happy to make my hobbies relevant to my job and work with you.