# SpaceX, Enclosures & Startups - Urging Unemployment Ullagone

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2012-12-04
- Length: 1h 09m
- Episode: 124
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-124-urging-unemployment-ullagone/

## Summary

Hosts Chris Gammell and Dave Jones discuss the hidden costs of outsourcing manufacturing, citing a General Electric article on insourcing and the inefficiencies of distance between design and production. They analyze the Altium leadership crisis, noting founder Nick Martin's ousting and the company's strategic pivot back to core EDA tools. The conversation extends to career advice, covering resume strategies, the value of personal websites, and the realities of startup hiring and funding.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=0) Introduction and Tektronix News
- [3:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=213) GE Insourcing and Hidden Outsourcing Costs
- [10:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=617) Physics Education and Hardware vs Software Development
- [18:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=1122) SpaceX, Mars Colonization, and Chip Printing
- [26:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=1613) Altium Leadership Crisis and Product Strategy
- [32:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=1976) Resume Writing and Job Hunting Strategies
- [44:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=2641) Dave Jones's First Job and Recruitment History
- [47:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=2870) Arduino in Education and Embedded Programming
- [54:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=3291) Startup Culture, Funding, and Salary Realities
- [1:03:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-12-04-spacex-enclosures-startups-urging-unemployment-ullagone#t=3806) Enclosure Design and Manufacturing Options

## Topics

- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Fundraising & investors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fundraising)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Tektronix (company)
- General Electric (company)
- Danaher (company)
- Altium (company)
- Nick Martin (other)
- Elon Musk (other)
- SpaceX (company)
- SparkFun (company)
- Arduino (product)
- Hubble Space Telescope (product)

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- [EMS@C-LEVEL 2022 Season Episode #1 with Altium and MacroFab](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2022-02-20-ems-c-level-2022-season-episode-1-with-altium-and-macrofab) (EMS@C-LEVEL)
- [122: Glue a Board to Your Resume](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-10-21-122-glue-a-board-to-your-resume) (Embedded.fm)
- [Navigating Industry Change with Out of the Box Manufacturing's Allison Budvarson](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-06-13-navigating-industry-change-with-out-of-the-box-manufacturings-allison-budvarson) (EMS@C-LEVEL)
- [How to Outsource Product Development](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/predictable-designs-podcast/2022-12-21-how-to-outsource-product-development) (Predictable Designs Podcast)
- [Electronica 24: Dirk Stans on Navigating the European Electronics Industry with Innovation and Collaboration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2024-12-17-electronica-24-dirk-stans-on-navigating-the-european-electronics-industry-with-i) (EMS@C-LEVEL)

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