wurth elektronik i love you. wurth elektronik i owe you my life (manufacturer provided layer stackups for rigid flex boards)

truly nothing like not having a dedicated librarian so you spend days verifying your libraries until "manufacturer" stops looking like a word in your schematic symbol parameters and your eyes glaze over from the bright colors of the footprint library

sometimes the silkscreen work my senior coworkers do makes me feel genuinely depressed. please tell me why you put the parts designator inside of a drill hole, individual with 20 years of experience

altium's keyboard shortcuts and customizable shortcuts are such a godsend for this reason. i love not using my mouse to run commands

how it feels to do manual obsolescence checks on large bill of materials

I will never stop anthropomorphising the computer. It would feel sad.

tweaking out at the idea of recreating old processors inside of @brickadia.com

it's not as nice as my huge 40+" monitor in the office. but it's comfy

cradling the last vestiges of telework allowing me to be comfy at home before a fasting bloodwork appointment. oh how i will miss altium with coffee from a mug and a blanket and my living room floor over the next 4 years

oh, and when they let interns+junior hires behind the curtain to watch a board get made and assembled

best parts of having a great relationship with your PCB manufacturer:
1) the helpful insight they provide on things like "what's the best way for us to convey this really weird board shape?"
2) spending an hour visiting their main office to talk about designer horror stories while picking orders up