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Chris Costa: He always has enough time for people.

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#33 – Chris Costa: He always has enough time for people.

  • Chris is enjoying his favorite beer, Sam Adams Octoberfest
  • Chris placed engineers and now sells SolidWorks
  • Crashed three planes when in high school
  • Some recruiters suggest jobs that are a terrible fit.
  • It seems like an easy job, but it isn’t. It requires lots of contacts.
  • Learn from his father: “You always have enough time for people”
  • How many things could you do with this brick?
  • Drafter and mechanical designer jobs have all but disappeared.
  • Mechanical engineers wear a lot of hats.
  • Engineers get too much blame and not enough credit.
  • Without engineers, he wouldn’t have a job.
  • Engineers typically struggle to market themselves.
  • Two things not to say:
    • “After he left, I had to fix his mess”
    • “But we’ve always done it this way”
    • Many years coaching baseball and now an umpire.
    • Youth baseball has changed in 50 years.
    • He has good friends with mutual trust.
    • Per Chris, demand for injection molded plastic parts is not going away.
    • Used to love “The Gong Show”
    • The original “Star Trek” only lasted three seasons.
    • He has advised people to try a different profession.

      • Chris’s Company, SolidXperts - https://www.solidxperts.com/en/

      Bert’s Company – www.dexterityeng.com

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