{"id":261,"date":"2009-11-13T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T18:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.gerrior.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2011-11-04T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T17:55:10","slug":"how-many-engineers-does-it-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gerrior.com\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"How many engineers does it take&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I just came across an old email and thought I would share a silicon valley war story.  This may prove to be prophetic as we&#8217;re expecting a wafer from the fab soon&#8230; and then packaged parts&#8230; around Thanksgiving.  Uh oh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">How many engineers does it take to pick-up a package from FedEx? 4<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">How many trips does it take to pick-up said package from FedEx? 3<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Friday, November 28, 2008<\/strong> Black Friday &#8211; The day after Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>We were expecting a package from Advotech with packaged parts.  It was shipped Wednesday for Friday delivery.<\/li>\n<li>Jarie checked FedEx tracking.  Received in Sunnyvale at 7:26am.  At 7:31am FedEx says, &#8220;Holiday &#8211; Business closed&#8221;  Ruh-ro.<\/li>\n<li>Jarie calls FedEx to find out what happened.<\/li>\n<li>Gerrior decides to drive to FedEx in Sunnyvale.  Jarie waits at Tagent for package &#8211; just in case.<\/li>\n<li>At FedEx Gerrior encounters the surly Kathy.  &#8220;We called all the businesses and you said you were closed.&#8221;  I ask, &#8220;We&#8217;re a 10 person company.  Who did you speak with?&#8221;  She goes off to check only to find out they didn&#8217;t call and that businesses who don&#8217;t get daily pick-up are assumed to be closed today.  The package is in an airplane shipping container.  It won&#8217;t be opened until Monday AM.  If I arrive Sat can I get it?  No.  If I arrive Sun can I get it? No.  She tells me, in the future call the night the package is shipped to indicate we&#8217;ll be open for business (huh? What schedule is that?).  She promises a refund.  Gerrior leaves dejected.<\/li>\n<li>Upon return to Tagent, Anno and Daniel have arrived.  We all 4 decide to drive to FedEx to get the package&#8230; manpower to help move packages if nothing else.<\/li>\n<li>Back at FedEx Kathy is pushing back and Jarie asks to speak to the supervisor.<\/li>\n<li>Dave, the supervisor, and his assistant &#8220;Bruno&#8221; (we must have freaked Kathy a little when half the Company showed up) says he&#8217;ll have some guys at 3pm to get into the shipping container.  We leave them a sample package to assist in looking.<\/li>\n<li>We leave Sunnyvale and as we&#8217;re getting off the Whisman exit from 237, Dave calls and says they found the package.  It was just inside the container.<\/li>\n<li>We make a u-turn and drive back to FedEx.<\/li>\n<li>We return to FedEx all smiles and handshakes and pick-up the package at 11:12am.  The package says, &#8220;Fri &#8211; 28NOV Priority Overnight&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Back at Tagent at 11:30am to begin work!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">FedEx &#8211; when it absolutely, positively has to be there in 5 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just came across an old email and thought I would share a silicon valley war story. This may prove to be prophetic as we&#8217;re expecting a wafer from the fab soon&#8230; and then packaged parts&#8230; around Thanksgiving. Uh oh. 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