Dave Smith - He plays games and asks questions.
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Dave is a manufacturing engineer that I worked with at Avery Dennison. We talk about:
- How those little things that hold the tag to your clothes are made (by Avery Dennison) It is pretty cool and the reason Dave still works there.
- Manufacturing is hard.
- Book reference - “Zero Marginal Cost Society” and 3D printing tractors
- Space Exploration by self-replicating probes or worm holes.
- Board games – Settlers of Cataan changed everything.
- Complex games vs simple games and sports
- The game Bohnanza – Dave’s rules are better
- Some stuff is fun to do, but not for 40 hours a week.
- Variety is the spice of engineering.
- Starting at the ground floor can be the start of a great career.
- College isn’t as necessary as it used to be.
- Getting into Harvard is just as good as graduating from Harvard.
- Ask questions and do design reviews.
- Some good movies to consider:
- “Life is Beautiful” very unique. In Italian with subtitles.
- “F/X”
- John Krasinski/Matt Damon movie we mention is “Promised Land”
Bert's website is www.dexterityeng.com.
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