# Ep. 15 - Offloading (Making Yourself Obsolete)

- Show: [Open Hardware Manufacturing Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast)
- Published: 2024-02-29
- Length: 54m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2024-02-29-ep-15-offloading-making-yourself-obsolete
- Listen: http://opulo.io

## Summary

Stephen Hawz and Lucian Che Park of Opulo discuss the challenges and strategies of offloading tasks to make themselves obsolete as the company scales. They cover criteria for delegating work, such as documentation clarity and ROI, and detail their rigorous training and quality control processes, including the use of their internal wiki, Ohai. The episode also explores their hiring philosophy, emphasizing passion and autonomy, and references Joel Spolsky's book 'Smart and Gets Things Done'.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2024-02-29-ep-15-offloading-making-yourself-obsolete#t=0) Introduction: Making Yourself Obsolete
- [4:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2024-02-29-ep-15-offloading-making-yourself-obsolete#t=262) Criteria for Offloading Tasks
- [24:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2024-02-29-ep-15-offloading-making-yourself-obsolete#t=1450) Training and Documentation with Ohai
- [35:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2024-02-29-ep-15-offloading-making-yourself-obsolete#t=2153) Quality Control and Onboarding
- [43:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/open-hardware-manufacturing-podcast/2024-02-29-ep-15-offloading-making-yourself-obsolete#t=2610) Hiring Philosophy and Joel Spolsky's Rules

## Topics

- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Quality & yield](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/quality-and-yield)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Opulo (company)
- Ohai (tool)
- Lumen PNP (product)
- Joel Spolsky (other)
- Form Labs (company)
- Digi-Key (company)
- LCSC (company)
- McMaster-Carr (company)
- Fast Cap (other)
- MasterCam (company)
- Guru (tool)

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