#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