The Amp Hour

Rebuilding Projects with Dave Young

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  • Chris's good friend Dave Young joins the show again. He was first on episode 305 and then again on the initial "Consultant Impedance Matching" episode (409)
  • The consultant episode is where the idea of the Consulting Forum was born. Interested in joining? Apply here.
  • Dave has been spending many of his working hours changing out parts (Bubblegum Tapshoes)
  • Dave mentioned it feels like a "cascade failure".
  • In the analog space, measuring things is getting easier because of integration, but there are fewer vendors overall.
  • Dave made the switch from EAGLE to Altium and likes the capabilities of Altium365.
  • Phillip / Alvaro / Memfault webinar
  • Chris is skeptical about the "ever present need" of moving mechanical stuff on layouts
  • Handling change management as a consultant
  • Coaching consultants
  • Chris learned the importance of personal finance and financial stability before consulting from Dave.
  • Cornell summer accelerator
  • Dave is the founder and runner of Blue Stamp Engineering, which helps high school kids learn by building. It has been running for 11 years.
  • Common denominator of projects
  • AI projects are popular, but they tell the students, "You don't want to spend your summer cleaning data"
  • Learning as a consultant
  • Showing a track record
  • The challenges of remote vs in-person education
  • The students have a limit of 20 jumper wires for projects if being debugged over video. Ben Eater projects need not apply!
  • Independent study / tutoring
  • Find Dave online
    • youngcircuitdesigns.com
    • bluestampengineering.com
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