I was born, raised, and educated here in the beautiful state of Colorado. I am a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder and currently work at a small engineering firm. I have a degree in chemical engineering and a Master’s Degree in Biomedical engineering.
I’ve always been fascinated by design and how things work. When I was at university I started working on building cars, which led to a career in automotive design, then to a position in the automotive industry, then to a position in the automotive engineering department at the University of Colorado. I have always found that designing things and thinking about them is very rewarding.
I find that my greatest enjoyment in my job is the challenge I get to play with the latest technology. In engineering, there is a lot of risk involved. Every day, I get to see what happens when engineers get their hands on something that was never intended to be built. In design, there’s a lot more creative freedom, but you still have to have the guts to push the envelope.
I’m working on a computer hardware design project at the moment. It involves a lot of “what ifs.” I’ve been building a microcontroller that can interface with light, sound, and motion for quite some time. I’m always looking for ways to make my work more interesting. In this case, I’m trying to build a controller that can perform a few functions that I’ve always wanted to do but have never been able to.
This is a great question because it really depends on what your goals are. If you plan to create a great product then yes you should design to a high standard and you should strive to follow the latest guidelines, but that means working with and for the latest and greatest. As a newbie, you want to start with something that is at the cutting edge of what can be achieved, so the sooner you start, the better you will become.
Yes, it’s true, there are a lot of things we can do that we have never been able to because we just couldn’t figure out how. We’re still trying to figure out how good we really are at things like music production, music editing, and video editing, but we do know that we can’t do those things by ourselves. We need help, not only from others, but from our own self-awareness.
You might not be able to do all of these, but if you can imagine what you can do, then you will also be able to accomplish it.
The self-awareness we all possess is the ability to recognize and accept our own limitations. It’s the ability to say, “I can do this, that, and the other thing.” This is the ability to say, “I can do it because I’m okay with it” and “I can do it because I’m ok with the consequences.
To be clear, what this all comes down to is the ability to get your shit together. If you’re not able to do all of these, then that’s okay. But if you can imagine and have the self-awareness to accept that you can do it, then you can accomplish the rest.
The ability to recognize when we are doing something we think is stupid, and recognize that it is the stupid thing, and do something else instead. The ability to recognize that we can do something better, and do it because it is better than doing it the way we always did it. The ability to recognize that we can do something better, and do it because it is better than doing it the way we always did it.
