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2. How does one find a job and stay relevant in their industry
How does one find a job and stay relevant in their industry? By attending and networking at industry events, such as those listed in the E-Grid!

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BAY AREA ENGINEER  • Oakland/East Bay • San Francisco • Santa Clara Valley  IEEE Calendar of Events 
Monday, January 25, 2016  SCV Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technologies (CPMT)  Subject: Advanced Packaging Techniques as enablers for the Health IoT ecosystem  - miniature, energy efficient, wirelessly connected microdevices which allow to measure health related parameters ...  Speaker: Dr.-Ing. Andreas Middendorf, Fraunhofer IZM  Time: 11:30 am: Networking, sandwiches & drinks; 12:00 noon to 1 pm: Presentation  Cost: $5 for IEEE members, students, and unemployed; $10 for non-IEEE members  Location: Texas Instruments Building E Conference Center, 2900 Semiconductor Dr., Santa Clara  Event Details and Registration: 
Tuesday, January 26, 2016  SCV Consumer Electronics Society (CES)  Subject: 2016 CES Download  - Missed CES 2016 in Vegas this year? Join us for a recap presentation by members that attended the Show! ... Speakers: Joseph Wei, Managing Director Lab360; Tom Coughlin, President Coughlin Associates; Bill Orner,Imagination Technologies  Time: 6:30 pm: Networking, pizza, & drinks; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm: Presentation  Cost: IEEE CES members: free: IEEE Student members: free; IEEE members: $5 (pay at door): Non-members: $10 (pay at door). Location: NVIDIA, 2800 Scott Blvd., Building R, Santa Clara  Event Details: 
Tuesday, January 26, 2016  SF Industrial Applications Society (IAS)  Subject: Automatic Transfer Switches - Alternate Source Applications and Withstand Ratings  - transition method based on the types of loads and application, PG&E's Rule 21, benefits of ATS with bypass-isolation, UL Speaker: Alex Lotz, ASCO  Time: 5:30 pm: Networking; 6:00 pm: Presentation: 7:00 pm: Dinner  Cost: IEEE Members and Non-Members: $25.00; Student Members: $10 (at the door), discounted cost for first 5 reserved IEEE Student Members  Location: Delancey Street Restaurant, 600 The Embarcadero, San Francisco  Event Details: 

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Lasers and their many surprising applications over the past fifty years
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016  SCV Photonics Society  Subject: Lasers and their many surprising applications over the past fifty years  Speaker: Prof. Byer, Stanford  Time: 5:30 pm: Networking with light dinner; 6:30 pm: Presentation; 8:00pm: Adjourn  Cost: Free  Location: Intel, Building SC-12, 3600 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara  Event Details: