#12 - Dave Smith: He plays games and asks questions.
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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