OnTrack: The PCB Design Podcast

Stephen Chavez Calls on PCB Designers to Get Involved

Listen Later

Stephen Chavez is a leader at a military aerospace company, former Marine, CID and CID+ instructor as well as an Executive board member of the IPC designers council. With 28 years in the industry and heavily involved with IPC, Stephen has a passion for PCB design and fabrication. If you want to keep learning or get involved in the industry, Stephen will encourage you to get connected, step out of your comfort zone and pay it forward. Listen in and get great tips about where to find training and how to push yourself to keep learning.

Listen to the Stephen Chavez Podcast or watch the video here.  

Show Highlights:

The Best Professional Development: 

  • AltiumLive Munich - learn more or register today
  • IPC APEX, San Diego - manufacturing perspective, fabricators, if you don’t have time to get into a board shop this is the place to be, machines are running live
  • PCB West  - pure design for PCB designers; content is second to none
  • DesignCon
  • Del Mar Electronics and Design Show
  • PCB Carolinas (1,000 people/ 1 day conference)
  • IPC Designers Council, etc.
  • CID Training
  • Reading--Trade magazines - UP Media (Printed Circuit Design & Fab and Circuit Assembly) and 007 iConnect - the articles and content in these magazines are the best.

    • Get Involved!

    • Ask around (for resources, help, mentors)
  • Take Risks and take initiative--spend money, assert yourself
  • Serve/Volunteer
  • Networking/Relationship building

    • Live part of everyday outside of your comfort zone

    • Don’t be afraid to ask questions--others have the same questions and dont ask!
  • Expand your network, meet people
  • My network comes with me in every new relationship I build
  • Add value to others
  • Don’t sit on the sidelines

    •  

    Links and Resources:

    The Digital Route, November 2018 Column

    Breaking the Design Data Bottleneck, interview in iConnect007

    AltiumLive Munich - learn more or register today

    Altium Designer 19 - learn more or call your account manager to learn more

     

     

     

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store
    OnTrack: The PCB Design PodcastBy Altium LLC.
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5
    • 5

    5

    21 ratings

    More shows like OnTrack: The PCB Design Podcast

    View all
    Marketplace by Marketplace

    Marketplace

    8,625 Listeners

    Risky Business by Patrick Gray

    Risky Business

    364 Listeners

    Planet Money by NPR

    Planet Money

    30,725 Listeners

    Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

    Freakonomics Radio

    32,073 Listeners

    The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast by The Amp Hour (Chris Gammell and David L Jones)

    The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast

    229 Listeners

    99% Invisible by Roman Mars

    99% Invisible

    26,145 Listeners

    Embedded by Logical Elegance

    Embedded

    189 Listeners

    Soft Skills Engineering by Jamison Dance and Dave Smith

    Soft Skills Engineering

    284 Listeners

    PCB Chat by PCEA

    PCB Chat

    2 Listeners

    The Indicator from Planet Money by NPR

    The Indicator from Planet Money

    9,502 Listeners

    The Intelligence from The Economist by The Economist

    The Intelligence from The Economist

    2,529 Listeners

    All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg by All-In Podcast, LLC

    All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

    9,216 Listeners

    Signal Integrity Journal Podcast by Signal Integrity Journal (SIJ)

    Signal Integrity Journal Podcast

    4 Listeners

    The EEcosystem Podcast by Judy Warner

    The EEcosystem Podcast

    3 Listeners

    HBR On Leadership by Harvard Business Review

    HBR On Leadership

    156 Listeners