Setting up interferometry experiments, machining glass, and programming LabView to make wavelength-precision optics. #FirstTechJob #Hawaii
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Replying to @starsandrobots
Got this job (at 15) by going down to local tech park, knocking on a lab door asking what I could do/help with so I could learn engineering.
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Replying to @starsandrobots
@starsandrobots Many geeks at that age play around with tech, but aren't thinking about future livelihood. What set you on a career path?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @flipzagging
@flipzagging hard to learn to machine things inside your own house! Was ambitious to lead my high school robotics team, wanted skills.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @starsandrobots
@starsandrobots I ask because I feel I missed out a lot by not knowing some things even existed. Or if they did, they happened elsewhere1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @flipzagging
@flipzagging seems like a consistent experience :) if I knew then what I know now..1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @starsandrobots
@starsandrobots Maybe we would have given up! Hard to feel own projects worth something when internet shows you the best all the time.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @flipzagging
@flipzagging oh I don't think that's true! Internet has done so much to show what's possible. Optimistic view is "maybe I can do that!"2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@flipzagging have been online since 199x? Internet has nearly "always been there" for me. Hackaday e.g. was a beacon!
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