Rebuilding Projects with Dave Young

• 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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