# Engineering Careers with Circuit Break & James Lewis

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2024-06-14
- Episode: 670
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-06-14-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/670-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis/

## Summary

Chris Gammell of Contextual Electronics and Golioth joins Circuit Break hosts Parker Dillman and Stephen Craig from Macrofab, along with James Lewis of Bald Engineer Media, to discuss engineering career paths. The group shares their diverse backgrounds, from high school electronics kits to semiconductor fabs at Samsung Austin and oil and gas sensor manufacturing. They offer advice on navigating early career stages, emphasizing the importance of surrounding oneself with smart engineers, learning to say no, and adapting to changing industry landscapes like AI and content creation.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-06-14-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis#t=0) Introduction and Backgrounds
- [6:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-06-14-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis#t=375) Why We Chose Engineering
- [16:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-06-14-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis#t=993) First Jobs and Industry Experiences
- [25:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-06-14-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis#t=1546) Changing Jobs and Career Advice
- [34:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-06-14-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis#t=2075) Lessons Learned and Future Goals
- [50:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2024-06-14-engineering-careers-with-circuit-break-james-lewis#t=3033) Non-Engineering Jobs and Fun Questions

## Topics

- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Macrofab (company)
- Samsung Austin Semiconductor (company)
- Golioth (company)
- Bald Engineer Media (company)
- Element14 (company)
- Hackster.io (company)
- Agilent (company)
- Keithley (company)
- Zephyr (tool)
- KiCad (tool)
- Allegro (tool)
- OrCAD (tool)
- Git (tool)
- ChatGPT (tool)

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