Sweet memories of design house

If there's one thing I miss about working in an ASIC design house is the culture of comeraderie. A bunch of people pulling all nighters to push the project forward, to meet the deadlines. Some has famillies, some has girlfriends and some lives to work. Yet none outside of those who've been through working in a design house can laugh and joke about it with a feeling of helplessness towards all the unpredictable bug that eventually come up when we try to convert theory into real life.

It is a special bond that only designers can understand. No bickering between ourselves, no internal fighting, no power play, no politics. Just us and our deadline.

I miss it tremendeously.