Top ten list of:

"Signs that you know you're a cleanroom geek (i.e., you spend way too much time in the microfab facility) when...."
10.
You're washing dishes at home and you look for the dry nitrogen gun to dry them off
9.
You meet someone who asks you for your home phone number and you tell them 747-1776
8.
You think the "red light district" refers to the mask maker room
7.
When washing hands you wait for 14-meg ohms to show up.
6.
You're invited to a halloween party. When your friend asks what mask you're going to wear, you respond "probably a 4-inch see-thru chrome"
5.
When dining out, you request the ketchup by saying "is there any 1400-37 left?" (disclaimer: do not spin photoresist on food such as hamburgers, etc.)
4.
Your roommate/SO/live-in partner/wife/husband is doing the laundry. He/she complains that it's difficult to remove a certain stain. You ask "did you try Xylene/Methanol/Acetone/IPA and plasma descum?"
3.
Your closet has bunny suits only
2.
You go to a "strip club" and ask for hot PRS-2000
1.
When getting married you register with Fluoroware
Get a life!

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