Chris Costa: He always has enough time for people.

#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