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"I wish..." , "I should have..." , "I could have..." These words destroy your personal POWER and MOMENTUM. Failure is a part of life, of growing up and growing old. Many people spend too much time thinking what could have been... 💥If only I'd invested just USD 1000 in NVIDIA during Covid. 💥I could have passed that exam if I had more time to study. 💥I would've got that promotion if my boss was fair. ❤️Be like Elsa and........Let it go❤️ Do this. Focus on NEXT TIME. What are you going to do differently? What CAN you control? Focus on that. Give it your FULL ENERGY. This is MOMENTUM. You'll spend less time in regret. This is personal POWER. Now go get what you want. #asiapacific #motivation #investing

📈 NVIDIA's stellar earnings have the stock market buzzing, I'm thrilled to see how AI is reshaping our economic landscape. Their chips are at the heart of AI's evolution, fueling everything from LLMs, chatbots, to more complex systems. This surge reflects a broader excitement around AI's potential to drive growth and innovation. It's a fascinating time for us in the tech and analytics space, watching Jensen Huang and NVIDIA lead the charge. Where do you think this momentum will take us? 💭 #ai #aicommunity #artificialintelligenceforbusiness

Today marks the end of my 4th week at Nvidia. In the last week I had a few "wins" where I felt that I'm starting to actually bring value to the team. but also a few points when I felt I did not manage to keep my plan. 1. I received some complicated tasks to start driving, it feels good to have some "load" on my shoulders, something that can challenge me and, hopefully, provide the great feeling that every eng. wish for: a challenge to overcome. I'm still very limited in the ability to preform alone - and need the excellent support I get from my team, but I'm starting to understand how things work and who can help. 2. I participated in several very interesting meetings. all of them included smart ppl. talking about familiar topics such as: speed of integrations, latency of compilation, quality of the DV Drops, usage of Coverage and the hardship of moving to new tools and UVM versions. I felt at home :) 3. in one of the discussions, with the team lead technical ppl. I felt that I failed to achieve my target: "listen before you talk". I really had to fight the urge to give everyone my "brilliant ideas", "prefund insights" and define the direction based on "my experience and intuition". I had to remind myself over and over that I don't have any of these, I need to spend more time listening and learning. I somehow managed most of my plan, but found myself "leading" the discussion instead of "participating". At least this was in a friendly faces, so not big harm done. 4. I had my 1st code review, and learned so much from it! I was lucky to have a patient reviewer that spent the time teaching me a lot about the way the Test Bench works. this is really an underappreciated way to learn. I hope to have many more in the future. Next week will mark my 1st month at Nvidia - Stay Tuned!

#Education is one of the biggest businesses of the modern age, and it's a business where you even do not need to worry about bad products. People pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to get a degree, but not all degrees guarantee higher lifetime earnings compared to entering the workforce after high school without a degree, as some degrees may end up costing more than their financial benefits. #Engineering, #Computer science, mathematics #business, and health professionals are some of the most in-demand degrees not only in the #US but all over the world. After reading news about NVIDIA's employees becoming millionaires, there is no doubt that engineering, computer science and mathematics are the top 3 in terms of returns.. 😂 #aidevelopment #semiconductors #manufacturing

How do you score character? There may be innate traits, learned habits, and yet it is through our most difficult challenges where it is revealed. Out of pain and suffering resilience is born. Many of you who have participated in my courses know the power and impact of these life lessons. Give a listen to Jensen Huang, NVIDIA CEO and his description to Stanford University students. https://lnkd.in/eDcizRcc

Looking to give your research a major speed boost? ⚡️ Check out how Trace3 Data Solutions Architect Douglas Sayles helped a higher ed institution supercharge their HPC with Dell Technologies and NVIDIA. Doug reveals how this powerful partnership skyrocketed an organization that was once struggling to keep pace with data-driven research. Want to know how? Watch more, here: https://lnkd.in/dS9EFzei

What I was thinking in my 6th week @Nvidia? 1. So slow! I have intresting and chalanging tasks, and I know that I'm not expected to be en expert, but I find myself frustrated that I'm so slow. I'm working on the fullchip testbench, so every mistake I do will lead to a few hours wast. Copule this with the need to do 4 things in parallel (since each has wait time of few hours) and my limited technical capabilites, and end up with slooooow progress. I know this is acceptable, and understandable, etc. etc. but it keeps me very frustrated 😠 2. Learning the boundaries. Every team has the bloundaries if what the team owens and what is outside the boundaries. it could be one IP, one domain or one project. I'm slowly learing that this is not true to our team, we own everything and there is very far and wage blrder line to which I should not wander. this is wanderfull and scarey on the same time. (what will happen if I wander to a place I dont want to do?) for now I'm happy to grab anything I get and use it as opportunity to grow. 3. Connections! In my short time in Nvidia I encounter many ppl. that I know from Intel. But this week I also had the pleasure to be approched by someone that said "Hi, I'm X, you helped me with this and that". It was such a wanderfull feeling to know that I'm starting to create the network I so badly miss :) Other then that I got to participate in a very intresting face2face meeting, where it was wanderfull to meet more ppl. and learning more on how Nvidia is doing the projects and planning.

Employees who worked at NVIDIA for five years have become millionaires. 💰 Analysts have calculated that a third-level Nvidia manager (out of eight levels) receives $77,000 in stock per year. A $77,000 stock package received in 2019 would now be worth over $1.6 million. Using the same calculation method, an entry-level programmer would have accumulated half a million dollars, a Solution Architect would have $1.3 million, and a Data Scientist would have $2 million. These calculations only consider the initial stock received five years ago. There may have been additional rewards during this period. The prospect of multimillionaire employees could pose a challenge for the company, as they might choose to retire early. To address this, the head of Nvidia is focused on fostering a strong corporate culture to ensure employees remain committed to their work. The picture shows the results of a survey of Nvidia employees about their financial status. 👇

I have now finished my 2nd week at work ( it's a short week due to holydays) Here are some thoughts 1. I toke the long travel to my main site in Yoknem, picked up my Nvidia Tag, and met people in person. this allows me to continue building my network. While I'm not a "small talk" person, I do feel and know the importance of talking and listening to ppl, really learn what they do at work and in the personal life. this allows me to connect in a deeper level to my team and group. 2. I completed my first real task! it was assigned to me by my manager last week, and this week I reached out to two expert who set and guided me how to achieve it. it was it was great feeling to have a "win", I know I did not do it myself, but it was also my capabilities how made it work. (I'm not sure it was a big win, but a win all the same) 3. I had my first "Eureka" moment! it was that moment when I finally understood a basic concept that made many small details fall in to place! - it was so meaningful to me to know I can trust myself to have deep understanding of problems! 4. I keep on learning new tools and new flows, and kept hitting the "invisible walls". the walls I have in my head expecting a specific Mode of Work and realizing Nvidia is doing it differently. I still need time to remove them and learn again how to explore the new ways of doing things. Looking forward for the next week, stay tuned!