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I’ve worked with a lot of great engineers over the years. Arguably, these engineers might be the best in their field.
Of all the great engineers I ever worked with, my favorite was Dave Bingham. Dave was one of the founders of Maxim Integrated Products, one of the most successful Analog IC companies ever.
In fact, without Dave’s innovations, Maxim likely wouldn’t have achieved nearly the level of success it did. That’s how important Dave was to Maxim.
Before helping found Maxim, Dave was General Electric’s Scientist of the Year, so he had a track record of success long before I worked with him.
You want engineers that think out of the box.
In your engineering career, you’re lucky if you develop one industry standard product. Dave had a string of them, two of which, the MAX232 and MAX690, created whole new product lines and businesses.
The launch of the MAX232 family is particularly insightful. Charlie Allen, a brilliant, customer focused, applications engineer, noticed that our customers were using a product called the ICL7660, which Dave also designed, to provide the negative power supply for RS-232 line drivers and receivers.
