Adam, the more I listen to you talk about being a maker, I realize as a profession cook, I too am a Maker. My medium is just food. That being said I think all starting cooks should listen to this speech. It was inspiring.
I am 30 years old now and I didn't realize these things Adam is talking about in this speech until I was 27 years old. To any younger viewers that see this, if you really understand what Adam is talking about and you have the mental aptitude to put this to use at an earlier age then do so. You will not regret it. A little hard work really does pay off.
Awesome speech. The key points he talked about WILL get you noticed and you WILL become invaluable to your boss. I've been applying myself exactly like that for the last year, and have gone from helping deburr parts, to operating/setup work on CNC's, and for the last 6 months I have been a Quality Control Inspector. I graduated HS one year ago, with a certificate in Machining from a vocational center, and I'm already making about 20k/yr. Dedication WILL pay off if you keep at it.
^^ I was there! About 10 feet from him! (I'm not on the camera, though; I was off to the left where the camera couldn't see.) Adam is my hero, regardless.
thank you for this video. many of the things mentioned here do not just apply to a job but life in general. it is important to work hard and smart in everything you do.
Adam. I heard you, you're 18 yearold self heard you. what you said.. you might just have saved me so much hard ship. so much wasted time trying to figure this out just to want to tell my younger self this. Thank you. I hope you are able see this, you've helped me in so many ways ill never be able to show you. Thank you
It's tough to give a good speech in those condition and that setting. Great job Adam. The points he mentioned are true. Especially meditative working or as I like to call it, Zen Drafting. It's letting your mind concentrate on something far away while your doing mind numbing tasks like tracing outlines of lawn art for a plasma cutter for 2 weeks, but still having presence of mind to do a great job and get thank you letters for your work.
Working hard and smart: 1. Focus on what's in front of you. 2. Think about the big picture, ask question. 3. Work collaboratively. 4. Take responsibility 5. Communicate. 6. Don't rush 7. Finish the job you started. 8. You don't need to be smart, you just need to work smart.
I'm a professional illustrator. The same principles apply. "Experience is what you get when you get when you didn't get what you want ..." and the best way to get what you want is (a) don't make the same mistakes again, (b) continue to gain experience and (c) share your experience with others to whom it means something, either those you are teaching or those you are learning from, preferably both.
He frames it in the context of a maker but, really, being able to work hard, smart and with passion is something that will improve your life. No matter if you work for yourself or for The Man and regardless of the field.
Ahhhh dammmmnnnnnn..... I missed the Maker Fair again? AND I'm not going to be able to make it to the SME Conference in Downtown San Jose this Thursday either? This makes me very sad. :(
Hey, this awesome speech only seems to be directed towards people who are makers. Does any of this advice have relevance to jobs that aren't in the same field?
The distortion is actually digital, most likely Adam is wearing a wireless lav mic, and the receiver might be just a bit to far away to get the strongest signal. I have heard that particular breakup before working in audio.
A lot of very sage like advice from Adam Savage, earnt the hard way and unfortunately not appreciated until someone has done it the hard way and learnt the lessons.
It could be a software filter that's filtering out the wind, but on certain syllables in Adam's speech it can't quite do it without muffling the speech itself.
Probably true, but I for one could listen to him talk for *hours*. Obviously, I've no idea what he's like in his private life, but in the public eye, he's a fascinating person.
Nah, You get it alot from multiple microphones Sources feeding into a recorder most of the times a camera and the "Garbage track" i.e on camera mic, or a second mic recorded at lesser quality than the other being out of time with the first (further away from voice, a delay through equipment etc). Worked as a sound recordist/Boom for some time and have seen this a lot
I think most people will realize that. And I don't think that's what he meant. It would not be like him to advocate quitting and becoming unemployed. What I take away from this is just what you said. "Don't work for those people, instead go someone else to work for (but don't quit the first job until you secured the second)."
this has generally been my experience, except of course there is no room for advancement where i work, im already the lead programmer (which sounds nice but...there's only 3 of us, and im the lead because i've been there the longest and know how the program works) but they do keep me challenged, and my work gets noticed (not by the boss mind, he is off dealing with other stuff and has left our little money engine alone)
This is great stuff! I pretty much work for those people. I'm constantly being told to not stir the pot. "That's just the way it is, nothing we can do about it" is bullshit to my ears. Thusly, I'm looking for something else to do. Someone out there will appreciate the hard work I do, and my ideas, and I want to work for them. And they want me to work for them.
He keeps talking like he is the CEO of a production team of some sort. I would be interested to know what he was or is an employer for. Great speech by the way, very inspirational
(cont)the communication thing is dead on though. i spend more time doing that than i spend actually writing code. we have gotten it to the point where all the bugs are dead and all that's left are enhancements thankfully programming is rarely boring (and if it ever is there is usually things you can do to make it more interesting which usually end up helping the company too, like writing your own web server instead of using a pre-made one and learning how to use sockets in the process)
So am I to understand that you personally enjoy public speaking [unlikely] while having a light shone in your face? [Totally unlikely] Try some public speaking while someone is talking in the background or perhaps shining a light in your face and see how fast you change your opinion.
"Don't work for those people" .... Uh, thats not really possible. Don't quit a job because you don't respect the owners or bosses. Its a job, keep it until you find another one. Quitting with nothing to fall back on is a terrible idea.
I will download this, encode it into audio, chuck it into my phone, and put it on the "pep-talk" playlist. This is stirring me up very well.
Adam, the more I listen to you talk about being a maker, I realize as a profession cook, I too am a Maker. My medium is just food. That being said I think all starting cooks should listen to this speech. It was inspiring.
I am 30 years old now and I didn't realize these things Adam is talking about in this speech until I was 27 years old.
To any younger viewers that see this, if you really understand what Adam is talking about and you have the mental aptitude to put this to use at an earlier age then do so.
You will not regret it. A little hard work really does pay off.
I still come back this every couple of years. I missed Adam in 2020 and I assume I'll miss him as well in 2021.
Awesome speech.
The key points he talked about WILL get you noticed and you WILL become invaluable to your boss. I've been applying myself exactly like that for the last year, and have gone from helping deburr parts, to operating/setup work on CNC's, and for the last 6 months I have been a Quality Control Inspector. I graduated HS one year ago, with a certificate in Machining from a vocational center, and I'm already making about 20k/yr.
Dedication WILL pay off if you keep at it.
^^ I was there! About 10 feet from him! (I'm not on the camera, though; I was off to the left where the camera couldn't see.) Adam is my hero, regardless.
it was awesome to have Adam do his speech on the Nautilus. im apart of the crew for it, and i help manage it a lot of the time.
This speech contributed to me deciding and exceeding in becoming a maker at the 2014 fair
So true. I should watch this every morning. Thank you, Adam.
This is a great inspirational speech. I appreciated listening to it.
"It is more important to work hard than to be brilliant"
thank you for this video. many of the things mentioned here do not just apply to a job but life in general. it is important to work hard and smart in everything you do.
Adam. I heard you, you're 18 yearold self heard you. what you said.. you might just have saved me so much hard ship. so much wasted time trying to figure this out just to want to tell my younger self this. Thank you. I hope you are able see this, you've helped me in so many ways ill never be able to show you. Thank you
This was eye opening, and very informative
This applies to so much more in life than just "making" something -- well done Mr. Savage.
This could actually win an EMMY....SOMEONE MUST SUBMIT A NOMINATION...
It's tough to give a good speech in those condition and that setting. Great job Adam. The points he mentioned are true. Especially meditative working or as I like to call it, Zen Drafting. It's letting your mind concentrate on something far away while your doing mind numbing tasks like tracing outlines of lawn art for a plasma cutter for 2 weeks, but still having presence of mind to do a great job and get thank you letters for your work.
Working hard and smart:
1. Focus on what's in front of you.
2. Think about the big picture, ask question.
3. Work collaboratively.
4. Take responsibility
5. Communicate.
6. Don't rush
7. Finish the job you started.
8. You don't need to be smart, you just need to work smart.
I`m gonna listen to this about 10 times before i take my finales.
I'm a professional illustrator. The same principles apply. "Experience is what you get when you get when you didn't get what you want ..." and the best way to get what you want is (a) don't make the same mistakes again, (b) continue to gain experience and (c) share your experience with others to whom it means something, either those you are teaching or those you are learning from, preferably both.
This was a great speech I really enjoyed it
That giant steampunk Nautilus vehicle looks awesome.
Great inspirational speech! And very true, you described me to the T.
He frames it in the context of a maker but, really, being able to work hard, smart and with passion is something that will improve your life. No matter if you work for yourself or for The Man and regardless of the field.
He's such an inspiring public speaker.
Thank you Adam
Things like tablet computers, ebook readers, and mp3 players have probably made life 1000% better for them up there.
Top speech Adam, this is so correct.
I don't know if i read your comment wrong but the person is Adam, not Admin
Ahhhh dammmmnnnnnn..... I missed the Maker Fair again? AND I'm not going to be able to make it to the SME Conference in Downtown San Jose this Thursday either?
This makes me very sad. :(
That is one of better outline of real life I have ever seen
Hey, this awesome speech only seems to be directed towards people who are makers. Does any of this advice have relevance to jobs that aren't in the same field?
TOTAL INSPERATION...thank you..Once again, age, experience(and treachory...lol)...thank you for these jewels..
The distortion is actually digital, most likely Adam is wearing a wireless lav mic, and the receiver might be just a bit to far away to get the strongest signal. I have heard that particular breakup before working in audio.
A lot of very sage like advice from Adam Savage, earnt the hard way and unfortunately not appreciated until someone has done it the hard way and learnt the lessons.
Adam for President!
Adam for president!
Actually this speech can be applied to many areas. For Software development for example
dat signature hat with a tux. Adam is a beast
120,000 phone cams & still we can't get decent audio.
Cool, thanks!
I'll take everything here to heart. :3
amazing
Or the wind picks up at certain points, thus the filter starts to break down until the wind settles a little.
It could be a software filter that's filtering out the wind, but on certain syllables in Adam's speech it can't quite do it without muffling the speech itself.
Motivative speech
The sound distortion is just wind against the microphone
Probably true, but I for one could listen to him talk for *hours*. Obviously, I've no idea what he's like in his private life, but in the public eye, he's a fascinating person.
Nah, You get it alot from multiple microphones Sources feeding into a recorder most of the times a camera and the "Garbage track" i.e on camera mic, or a second mic recorded at lesser quality than the other being out of time with the first (further away from voice, a delay through equipment etc). Worked as a sound recordist/Boom for some time and have seen this a lot
I think most people will realize that. And I don't think that's what he meant. It would not be like him to advocate quitting and becoming unemployed. What I take away from this is just what you said. "Don't work for those people, instead go someone else to work for (but don't quit the first job until you secured the second)."
this has generally been my experience, except of course there is no room for advancement where i work, im already the lead programmer (which sounds nice but...there's only 3 of us, and im the lead because i've been there the longest and know how the program works)
but they do keep me challenged, and my work gets noticed (not by the boss mind, he is off dealing with other stuff and has left our little money engine alone)
This is great stuff! I pretty much work for those people. I'm constantly being told to not stir the pot. "That's just the way it is, nothing we can do about it" is bullshit to my ears. Thusly, I'm looking for something else to do. Someone out there will appreciate the hard work I do, and my ideas, and I want to work for them. And they want me to work for them.
I watched this talk at work.
Cool!!
Emmy!!
All hail mein commandant Adam!
I was thinking the exact same thing...
He keeps talking like he is the CEO of a production team of some sort. I would be interested to know what he was or is an employer for.
Great speech by the way, very inspirational
FzMonsta Have you not seen mythbusters!! Also he is a special effects designer/ builder.
(cont)the communication thing is dead on though. i spend more time doing that than i spend actually writing code. we have gotten it to the point where all the bugs are dead and all that's left are enhancements
thankfully programming is rarely boring (and if it ever is there is usually things you can do to make it more interesting which usually end up helping the company too, like writing your own web server instead of using a pre-made one and learning how to use sockets in the process)
this speech just maid me want to work ...lol...
Keep talking Adam, someone has to say it like it is.
What I would give just to be able to talk to you for just a moment.. Im not quite sure what i would say to you other then thank you
I think the problem is if you let Adam just talk, he would never stop talking :D
nice hat adam
agreed
It might also be clipping.
i think this one word sums up this video"true"
A wise man once said...
OH MY GOD. THERE ARE OLD PEOPLE ON THE INTERNETS!
That person shining something into Adam's eyes probably ended up being really embarrassed :P
The guy in the striped shirt looks kind of like Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick
Is that REALLY a bad thing though?
never work for anyone else, this sounds exhausting
meat and potatoes man...the essence of a great meal and a great life.
I would be okay with this... :D
So am I to understand that you personally enjoy public speaking [unlikely] while having a light shone in your face? [Totally unlikely]
Try some public speaking while someone is talking in the background or perhaps shining a light in your face and see how fast you change your opinion.
That isn't what he said to do.
Someone call Dan from Big Brain Theory and make him watch from 7:10
8th o well
Who would have know that there are kids too
inspiring!
"Don't work for those people" .... Uh, thats not really possible. Don't quit a job because you don't respect the owners or bosses. Its a job, keep it until you find another one. Quitting with nothing to fall back on is a terrible idea.
It's my fart that smells good.
god dammet 18 sec after the first comment
One word
Children of the Corn.
first comment! love the intro...
pitiful audio
that is in no way a problem :)
And that's a 'problem'? :p
I think Adam's a little too used to going after script :P
Boing
Dont forget to get payed...?
egg
Stop trying to get the first comment, you child.
Adam i like your work but plz stop talking xD
Nope your not