An Engineer's Perspective on Fun and Passion at Work
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Dr. John Cohn gave a presentation at the Cairo Makerfaire 2015 about serious play and passion in engineering work. He discussed how computational power has exponentially increased over time due to advances like integrated circuits. However, engineering degree rates in the US peaked in 1970 and declined since. The maker revolution has helped address this by encouraging a playful, experimental approach to engineering. Cohn emphasized being bold and taking risks, as increasing your failure rate can increase your success rate by helping you learn and have more fun.
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An Engineer's Perspective on Fun and Passion at Work
- 1. J. Cohn 1 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Serious Play An Engineer's Perspective on Fun and Passion at Work Dr. John Cohn IBM Fellow Corporate Technical Strategy
- 2. J. Cohn 2 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 What a ride ! 1900 1920 1940 1960 1E-5 1E-3 1E+0 1E+3 1E+6 1E+9 1E+12 Computationspersecond/$1000 Integrated Circuit Discrete Transistor Vacuum Tube Electro- Mechanical Mechanical 202020001980
- 3. J. Cohn 3 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 But…. At the same time US Engineering Degrees 19701950 1990 2010 120K 0 80K 40K
- 4. J. Cohn 4 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 .. And the image of Hobbyists didn’t help..
- 5. J. Cohn 5 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate The secret ? If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
- 6. J. Cohn 6 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 6 Be Bold
- 7. J. Cohn 7 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Microsoft Xbox 360® Sony PlayStation®3 Nintendo Revolution® The Serious Business of Games !
- 8. J. Cohn 8 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Work meets play meets work !
- 9. J. Cohn 9 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Enter … The Maker Revolution !
- 10. J. Cohn 10 Cairo Makerfaire 2015
- 11. J. Cohn 11 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Culture your inner nerd !
- 12. J. Cohn 12 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Play .. Even when it hurts http://samstones.org
- 13. J. Cohn 13 Cairo Makerfaire 2015
- 14. J. Cohn 14 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Don’t try this at home
- 15. J. Cohn 15 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 Mistakes Happen
- 16. J. Cohn 16 Cairo Makerfaire 2015 There’s hope ! 10% 12% 14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% 28% 30% STEM Interest in US High Schools
- 17. J. Cohn 17 Cairo Makerfaire 2015