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I have been interviewing for die engineer positions lately. For those that are familiar with Speedraft, I will blog on that experience soon.
During this interview process, I have been forced to take a look back over my career.
Looking back, I was in the right place at the right time. For the most part.
Starting off in the manual world and engineering dies for 100+ hours a week, I was in the unique position of gaining alot of experience fast.
In today’s world, it would take 15 years to accomplish what we were doing in just one.
I was asked what my most significant contribution to the die world was. It would have to be writing die standards from a clean sheet.
Then came the question of what I am most proud of.
That is the easy question: training die engineering apprentices.
The gratification of having a small part in the development of some of the best die engineers in the world is something that most will never experience. And I will never forget.
I am proud to be part of the stamping business. Time may have robbed me of some speed, but I feel I am still at the top of my game.
