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So there's this joint in between the drive train and the wheel that has to transmit that torque and that power down to the wheel. And my mom, she's small, I can remember seeing her pick up these seven-pound huge hunks of metal and push it into this rubber boot. And I remember thinking, my mom does this every day on third shift? This is incredible. And I just had no, you're a kid, you don't know.

So there's this joint in between the drive train and the wheel that has to transmit that torque and that power down to the wheel. And my mom, she's small, I can remember seeing her pick up these seven-pound huge hunks of metal and push it into this rubber boot. And I remember thinking, my mom does this every day on third shift? This is incredible. And I just had no, you're a kid, you don't know.

Your parents go to work and they come home and you don't realize how many sacrifices they're making. But my mom's hands like literally hurt. She didn't do that all day, every day. That was just, it was so physically taxing. They would only let people do that for a short period of time. But anyway, my parents worked like that. And your feeling as a kid watching her was just like, wow.

Your parents go to work and they come home and you don't realize how many sacrifices they're making. But my mom's hands like literally hurt. She didn't do that all day, every day. That was just, it was so physically taxing. They would only let people do that for a short period of time. But anyway, my parents worked like that. And your feeling as a kid watching her was just like, wow.

Your parents go to work and they come home and you don't realize how many sacrifices they're making. But my mom's hands like literally hurt. She didn't do that all day, every day. That was just, it was so physically taxing. They would only let people do that for a short period of time. But anyway, my parents worked like that. And your feeling as a kid watching her was just like, wow.

Oh, I thought, so my parents would come home and their clothes would smell like cutting oil. And it smelled like work. It smelled like this is how you earn a living for your family. And so fast forward, I didn't understand anything that was happening with global politics and economics and all this stuff, but NAFTA happened and CAFTA. Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Oh, I thought, so my parents would come home and their clothes would smell like cutting oil. And it smelled like work. It smelled like this is how you earn a living for your family. And so fast forward, I didn't understand anything that was happening with global politics and economics and all this stuff, but NAFTA happened and CAFTA. Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Oh, I thought, so my parents would come home and their clothes would smell like cutting oil. And it smelled like work. It smelled like this is how you earn a living for your family. And so fast forward, I didn't understand anything that was happening with global politics and economics and all this stuff, but NAFTA happened and CAFTA. Central American Free Trade Agreement.

All these things happened slowly and we watched it from afar. And I can remember my parents like, hey, we're shutting the plant down. My mom and dad just barely got out, but they were able to get a retirement from General Motors. So I remember thinking manufacturing is important. People I knew, their parents made stuff. Yeah. And slowly all that went away. and I didn't understand why.

All these things happened slowly and we watched it from afar. And I can remember my parents like, hey, we're shutting the plant down. My mom and dad just barely got out, but they were able to get a retirement from General Motors. So I remember thinking manufacturing is important. People I knew, their parents made stuff. Yeah. And slowly all that went away. and I didn't understand why.

All these things happened slowly and we watched it from afar. And I can remember my parents like, hey, we're shutting the plant down. My mom and dad just barely got out, but they were able to get a retirement from General Motors. So I remember thinking manufacturing is important. People I knew, their parents made stuff. Yeah. And slowly all that went away. and I didn't understand why.

I went to school to learn mechanical engineering. I had two manufacturing internships. One was in Mississippi. I worked at a place called Eaton Aerospace. We made jet fuel pumps for aircraft.

I went to school to learn mechanical engineering. I had two manufacturing internships. One was in Mississippi. I worked at a place called Eaton Aerospace. We made jet fuel pumps for aircraft.

I went to school to learn mechanical engineering. I had two manufacturing internships. One was in Mississippi. I worked at a place called Eaton Aerospace. We made jet fuel pumps for aircraft.

That's, that's, you're really good at asking questions. The answer is every engineering intern is in their mentor's way at all times. Yeah. So you learn pretty quick if you have a good intern or a bad one, if they go find their own jobs. So I had a really good mentor who taught me how to interface with people. He said, hey, if you need a print, print it out.

That's, that's, you're really good at asking questions. The answer is every engineering intern is in their mentor's way at all times. Yeah. So you learn pretty quick if you have a good intern or a bad one, if they go find their own jobs. So I had a really good mentor who taught me how to interface with people. He said, hey, if you need a print, print it out.

That's, that's, you're really good at asking questions. The answer is every engineering intern is in their mentor's way at all times. Yeah. So you learn pretty quick if you have a good intern or a bad one, if they go find their own jobs. So I had a really good mentor who taught me how to interface with people. He said, hey, if you need a print, print it out.

You can go stand in line and get it, or you can go to the Coke machine and you can get the favorite drink of the lady that runs the printer and you go slide that across the window and she'll give you the print early. And so he taught me people skills, but I wasn't learning engineering.

You can go stand in line and get it, or you can go to the Coke machine and you can get the favorite drink of the lady that runs the printer and you go slide that across the window and she'll give you the print early. And so he taught me people skills, but I wasn't learning engineering.

You can go stand in line and get it, or you can go to the Coke machine and you can get the favorite drink of the lady that runs the printer and you go slide that across the window and she'll give you the print early. And so he taught me people skills, but I wasn't learning engineering.