Engineering in the Gig Economy: An Unconventional Career Path

By Bob Cromwell

Cromwell Intl, West Lafayette, IN

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Engineering in the Gig Economy: An Unconventional Career Path
  • Engineering in the Gig Economy 1. Engineering in the Gig Economy 0
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  • The plan for today 2. The plan for today 64.597931264597932
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  • Key concepts 3. Key concepts 107.67434100767434
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  • What have I been doing? 4. What have I been doing? 152.01868535201868
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  • Anything can turn into opportunity 32. Anything can turn into opportu… 412.47914581247915
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  • Or other opportunities 33. Or other opportunities 451.11778445111781
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  • Can you show your work for full credit? 34. Can you show your work for ful… 509.07574240907576
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  • Can you show your work for full credit? (continued) 35. Can you show your work for ful… 559.09242575909241
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  • SSL Report 36. SSL Report 608.60860860860862
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  • Customization and explanation 37. Customization and explanation 625.35869202535866
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  • Paying for the bandwidth 38. Paying for the bandwidth 705.77243910577249
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  • And that can lead to tax advantages 39. And that can lead to tax advan… 767.66766766766773
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  • Minoan Palace of Knossos 40. Minoan Palace of Knossos 795.42876209542874
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  • Minoan Palace of Knossos 41. Minoan Palace of Knossos 818.31831831831835
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  • I have another website 42. I have another website 852.55255255255258
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  • Things change, paradigms shift 44. Things change, paradigms shift 1050.5171838505173
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  • What could possibly go wrong? 45. What could possibly go wrong? 1125.8591925258593
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  • The old paradigm 46. The old paradigm 1181.0477143810479
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  • Things change 47. Things change 1246.47981314648
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  • Get humans to train the systems 48. Get humans to train the system… 1313.2465799132467
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  • Things change: Will there be silos? 49. Things change: Will there be s… 1344.2108775442109
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  • So far we've seen... 50. So far we've seen... 1474.7414080747415
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  • Personal connections 51. Personal connections 1482.0153486820154
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  • The contract teaching first 52. The contract teaching first 1523.3900567233902
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  • What training courses are like 53. What training courses are like 1593.8605271938607
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  • What courses are like, continued 54. What courses are like, continu… 1641.1745078411745
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  • Teaching for a training provider 55. Teaching for a training provid… 1750.4170837504171
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  • Dealing with a training provider 56. Dealing with a training provid… 1834.6680013346681
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  • Go direct, avoid headhunters 57. Go direct, avoid headhunters 1947.9145812479146
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  • So what about independent consulting? 58. So what about independent cons… 2002.9362696029364
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  • Cummins 59. Cummins 2015.4487821154489
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  • Cummins, I learned a lot 60. Cummins, I learned a lot 2036.1695028361696
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  • Industry & government use legacy hardware at times 61. Industry & government use lega… 2128.1281281281281
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  • Cummins, I learned to: 62. Cummins, I learned to: 2169.76976976977
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  • USAID 63. USAID 2261.9953286619952
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  • So, off to Russia 64. So, off to Russia 2327.9279279279281
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  • «Sokolov» Hospital #122 65. «Sokolov» Hospital #122 2337.9713046379716
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  • As in the U.S., there may be legacy hardware 66. As in the U.S., there may be l… 2348.7487487487488
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  • Yes, there are ambulances and environmental controls 67. Yes, there are ambulances and … 2377.6776776776778
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  • Just as I had seen in the U.S. 68. Just as I had seen in the U.S. 2392.3256589923258
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  • Goldman Sachs 69. Goldman Sachs 2408.8755422088757
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  • Folger Library 73. Folger Library 2469.96996996997
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  • So when the PCI-DSS audits and the Linux server migration work is done, maybe I should do some research, Cryptologia is always looking for historical cryptography papers... 75. So when the PCI-DSS audits and… 2551.4180847514181
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  • University of Alaska Fairbanks 80. University of Alaska Fairbanks 2621.1544878211544
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  • Make the connections, get along with the locals... 85. Make the connections, get alon… 2772.1054387721056
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  • ...get invited back if the funding comes through 86. ...get invited back if the fun… 2865.6322989656323
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  • A Dept of Defence contractor 88. A Dept of Defence contractor 2912.645979312646
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  • A Dept of Defence contractor, cont. 89. A Dept of Defence contractor, … 2939.2058725392058
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  • Breadth is good 90. Breadth is good 3175.9426092759427
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  • Meanwhile, teaching 91. Meanwhile, teaching 3255.021688355022
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  • And, more connections 94. And, more connections 3348.7487487487488
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  • Now to switch gears 95. Now to switch gears 3394.4944944944946
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  • Get a tax accountant 96. Get a tax accountant 3399.4994994994995
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  • Other tax issues 97. Other tax issues 3443.1765098431765
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  • And more 98. And more 3496.93026359693
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  • Investing 99. Investing 3652.5525525525527
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  • Investing in what? 100. Investing in what? 3688.5218551885218
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  • A range of mutual fund choices 101. A range of mutual fund choices 3734.734734734735
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  • Mutual fund choices, continued 102. Mutual fund choices, continued 3779.9799799799803
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  • Consider the time frame 103. Consider the time frame 3780.9809809809813
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  • Don't take my advice, ask a pro 104. Don't take my advice, ask a pr… 3841.9085752419087
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  • What am I doing now? 105. What am I doing now? 3902.6359693026361
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  • How did I get and keep that client through 3 years of renewals? 106. How did I get and keep that cl… 3928.7954621287954
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  • Anything academic? 107. Anything academic? 3982.5825825825827
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  • And finally 108. And finally 3998.2982982982985
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  • Work to live, don't live to work 109. Work to live, don't live to wo… 4003.0363697030366
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  • Remember this picture? 110. Remember this picture? 4014.5478812145479
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  • Thank you! 111. Thank you! 4085.6523189856525
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