Ask Adam Savage: Career Paths for Makers and Polymaths
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- In this Ask Adam, Adam answers salzmoto's question: "Outside of special effects, what career paths do you see opening up for makers and polymaths in general? How might someone make a career out of collecting hands-on skills in a world so currently obsessed with digital things?"
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One thing I really like about how you answer questions and the framing of these videos is the honesty of train of thought. You have the production tools to give a pre-canned antiseptic answer but you choose to show the actual gears turning as you answer questions. It makes points in your answer that you think comes off as rambling very sincere, especially in this case your contrasting the late-capitalism utopian view of the gig economy versus more isolated bespoke creators finding their niche.
Watch for when people look off to the side of whatever they are talking to. So, in this case, when Adam looks off to the side of the camera. That is when he (and others) are honestly thinking, and trying to work out the next few sentences/words to say. This has been a valuable bit of knowledge for me, so I know when people are not actively thinking about what meaning they are trying to get across, and are instead just babbling off something that they have memorized.
The fact that you mention Etsy fills my little seller heart with love. Thank you for promoting our platform and that you appreciate the entire idea behind it :3
I work in a Museum. Specifically, I am in charge of the exhibition design and installation department. Museum work is a great place for the skill collecting maker to look for a career. I design the exhibitions, from laying out the floor plan and deciding what art objects look best together to choosing the paint colors. I also physically build the walls and display cases. I make object mounts out of a variety of materials. I handle the art, including building crates and packing them for shipping. I light the exhibits and install other electronic displays. So, If you are an engineer/artist/fabricator/carpenter/electrician/architect, you might be qualified to work in a museum.
Got sculptures for sale.
Since you spend most of your time standing up while making-building-assembling things, how crucial is footwear for you and which pair is your favorite?
Look into bar mats! (aka anti-fatigue mats) Speaking from personal experience, bartenders are on their feet for anywhere from 8-14 hours at a clip without breaks and mats make a world of difference. A good pair of sneakers help as well (google shoes for crews) 💥🤘🏻
What we need to enhance this, “Maker” culture is apprenticeship. This will elevate the terms like, “ bespoke” to their roots of excellence
Best careers for makers is anything to do with engineering, become an engineer or a fabricator, plenty of research laboratories from national to private, that employee engineers and fabricators and technicians of various backgrounds. Many of these places need mechanical fabricators electronic fabricators and even software developers. Plenty of manufacturing opportunities out there for prototyping to small quantities. There are great networking opportunities at maker or hackerspaces.
I will say being an engineer that has hands on experience in a shop or making/assembling things makes you very valuable. There are so many engineers who can design great things but don’t take into consideration the making or assembly process and become disconnected from the manufacturing process.
It’s a back and forth of being a maker and engineer to be competent in either. It’ll show you where you really want to be also.
I work for a really small manufacturing company. Our big thing is that every light we put out is hand-built and rugged enough to tolerate abuse that "chinesium" just can't replicate. We are also releasing new inventions/updating existing models regularly. I realize it's kind of a unicorn, but as a maker, you don't find too many 9-5s more fulfilling than that. I hope there are other places like it that a maker can find employment at.
Aside from the obvious career fields (arts, architecture, engineering, fabrication, etc.) I would also like to suggest becoming a teacher, in some capacity. Whether that be in an organized education system, online tutorials, or holding seminars/shows at local events. If you have gathered the variety of skills to become a good maker, it would be extremely helpful to your community if you could share those skills in some way. Even if it's just showcasing your projects at the local high school. Teaching and inspiring our youth to learn is possibly the greatest responsibility of a skilled individual.
Fantastic answer - and what OP & ppl likely want to hear when asking about 'career options'.
Adam Savage's answer was delightful and optimistic about making as both an income source and source of community. But kinda missed the mark (😉)
Absolutely LOVE this video, Adam! This is EXACTLY what I am trying to accomplish with my small custom design and 3D printing business. Giving locals precisely what they need. Thanks for the kind words, and as always, thanks for the continued inspiration!
Edit: Interestingly one of my products is actually a cupholder for older Saabs! You nailed it there.
Agreed, i'm on the same path as well
I see makers moving forward with advanced problem-solving skills that can be applied to just about anything. We can visualize solutions, reframe quickly, apply multiple approaches and have the mentality to work on it until it is right. I think most makers apply those skill sets to anything and everything they can.
I work with wooden boatbuilding and renovation. More of a carpenter than a maker by profession, but it provides me with a very nice workshop to create my own things after work hours. I love it!
There are plenty of jobs in entertainment that require makers. Not just movie special effects or prop makers. Theater companies are always looking for scenic artists, prop makers, technicians, riggers, etc. Live entertainment gets overlooked a lot. Especially in this day and age where most people are so focused on social media and film and television. Community theater is a great place to start, local haunted houses, theme parks, special effects companies, themed environment companies, or even just making art and selling it.
There will always be a need for artists and skilled craftsmen in entertainment of any kind and people to fix or repair what gets broken or damaged or just worn down.
Massive skill shortage for people with hands on skills worldwide, get a trade you'll always be busy.
Thanks
Or maybe perhaps because these jobs will be or are already replaced by machines? Maybe that's not the leading cause for the shortages. Would you share your take?
you tube is gold, i love it and feel it is now a part of my tool kit and extended classroom. seems to be the educational access i always needed. and to learn from others a world of people is amazing.
I almost feel like you don't become a Polymaths out of school or necessarily at a young age ( Under 25 ). Through trying many things over time is where you pick up and hold onto skills. I think your career path will be something that you have to feel out.
I'm a programmer by trade, but I also like to make things, I have also spent years working on bikes, If money was not an issue I would be changing jobs as often as I could to learn as much as I could but that isn't practical. Working in a bike shop taught me organization and to think about the process, being a programmer taught me critical thinking. I think both of those seemingly unrelated things lend thems selves to Making.
Some like Jimmy DiResta would be an awesome handyman, Other makers could be great consultants but I think a lot of Makers as I see them are closer to artists where the vast amount of leaned skills helps them to express themselves.
I've been saying for years that with the way our tools and the access to them is progressing, we're approaching a tipping point where being able to _design_ the thing somebody wants is going to become more important than actually being able to _produce_ it. But at the same time, to design a thing so that it _can_ be made means knowing enough to be able to make it in the first place. It's a good time to be a polymath, since you pretty much have to know a fair bit about every possible subject, unless you want to settle into some little niche.
Also relevant to the coming era of The Maker; an excerpt of a really good quote from Steve Jobs:
_"[...]Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is everything around that you call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again."_
Coming from someone in the film and soon, stage industry, set decoration and carpentry are fantastic jobs. I have rigged on Star Trek Discovery, Shazam, the expanse, and many other awesome shows that have satisfied my creative side just doing construction. I can only imagine the joy someone derived from crafting star ships from wood and labeling pipes GNDN with their tongue planted firmly in their cheek. And soon I join those ranks on the stage. If you're near Atlanta, LA, New York, or Toronto you already have amazing opportunities waiting for you as a maker, and not just special effects. Find your iatse local and see what services they provide to film and stage. I wish I had done it ten years ago instead of 2.
Im so sorry for commenting a year later but I have to know. How did you make your way into the stage industry
Sharp video, Adam! As an Etsy seller and buyer, it's good to hear you talk about what a fantastic and rewarding platform it is. I hope to make my site a full-time endeavor at some point - we'll see.
Love your stuff Adam. You have been one of my heroes from when I first saw mythbusters as a kid, keep up the great work!
What bespoke things do you think are currently under supplied?
I don't sew and believe that market is over saturated.
As a former Etsy seller and a current Shopify store user I do adore creating custom items for geeks. Utilizing digitial design to create fabric patterns and create 3d models I'm able to print items for unique niche markets like Asian ball jointed doll collectors. And using my hands I sew or knit specialty items like purses, bags, clothes (both human and miniature doll scales) which has kept me busy. Since Etsy has been a publicly traded company it has really been putting a squeeze on the bespoke makers. All they tell an Etsy seller to do now is have sales, make all shipping free, and take higher and higher and higher percentages from each sale the maker makes. I did the math and this, combined with their new mantra of more business not craft, is why I chose to leave Etsy. It has really left the handmade makers behind and pushes more quantity over quality manufacturers.
You can start there to test the waters, but make a plan to start to run your own shop.
If you do shop on Etsy, be sure to read the About page to ensure you are actually supporting a human maker and not a large manufacturing company.
While shopping online is super convenient, going out to conventions also allows you to meet makers and see their work, talk process or just geek out. We love geeking out!
Technologically advanced world will still always need practical and most importantly mechanical devices. One career path which isn't probably very popular around the world is teaching. I just started as a crafts teacher here in Finland where teaching is pretty popular and respected profession. I think it's going to be my dream job. I teach elementary school student's so it isn't the most demanding or "advanced" craftmanship accomplished there but it's the basics. And I have plenty of tools on hand to basically make anything out of wood and make my students to work their skills as well. I also can make little metal or plastic things as well with them. So tomorrow is my first crafts class and I'm excited to be able to have my own empire in there. :)
An importing thing to consider about a world full of digital things is that creating digital things is 100% an art.
The knowledge of electronics or coding is a skill but creating objects using that skill is definitely a complex form of art and is very creative.
It's sometimes very hard for people with little technical knowledge to grasp how electronic design or coding could be creative or artistic when it's all so logical and math based. Creating an electrical circuit or writing some code is a very creative process. There are almost infinite different ways you can build something in code (or electronics) and some ways are elegant while others are efficient and yet more ways are easy to use etc...
Building something which encompasses all positive aspects is the holy grail and pretty much impossible. So a creator of digital things puts a lot of artistry into how he designs digital objects.
Hi Adam, I'm an absolute fan of you and you're the best lol. I used to watch the series "MyhtBuster" in Germany. Now I live in the USA and watch your TH-cam videos regularly. Keep doing so. Oh yes, could you build a "Star Wars - Jawa Rc Sandcrawler"? With real chains drive? Which fits to the 3 3/4 inch figures ! That was absolutely gigantic. Thank you
Yeah I really dislike gig economy where some big company rips off their "contractors" like Uber and food delivery stuff. But a solo enterprenour or a small business doing custom stuff is great.
My mum had a small business selling pillowcases and stuff and she saved a downpayment in 2 years. It was fun helping her. Now she is helping her boyfriend with construction and forestry stuff and going to school for floristry. I'm considering switching careers to something maker related but not sure what yet. I'm majoring in biology but realizing reading and writing resarch papers 40 hours a week is definitely not for me, and the reality is not like those science documentaries.
Thanks for sharing, honest take
I'm now a home improvement contractor. Where I came from is pretty much irrelevant for this comment. I see "Makers" as people that can accomplish anything that someone wants done to or for their home. Drywall, framing, decks, decorations, plumbing. Mike Rowe, yourself, and many others have been an inspiration over the years to me to be hands on. I can accomplish anything that a client comes to me with.
What I'm trying to say is, a trade skill is not to be taken lightly. I've thought little of my learned skills over the past 30 years, and finally jumped in with both feet, and found that I'm worth more than the singular trade that I thought was destined to live out is worth.
To those of you who are on the fence, just do it. There is a severe deficit of skilled labor for such "mundane" tasks as fixing drywall, installing a ceiling fan, making a persons dream of a fine oak staircase become a reality. Just jump in.
Adam, I truly enjoy your publications. Please don't narrow the focus so much that someone only sees a maker as someone that sells on Etsy. A maker is a conduit for someones dreams. I am making someone happy by doing what they envision. I am a MAKER. Whether it be clean gutters or a new kitchen, or a custom wrought iron fence. I'm making it happen.
I had this experience about 7 years ago I was considering becoming a jeweller but I was worried about the rise of 3d printers , fast forward to the present time I’m busier than ever and all of my local competition (who mainly sold 3d printed items and outsourced their repairs) has slowly demised and even started outsourcing their work to me which is crazy , I thought this job was mainly about creating new things but Iv found it to be more a labour of love for restoration and repairs to vintage/sentimental jewellery and antiques and Adams right that people really do appreciate speaking to the person who is going to do the work. Do what you do wether it making dioramas or cosplay costumes but look after your customers and they’ll always look after you 🙌🏼
After working mainly with women clothing doing embroidery/Tambour Beading/sewing and alterations. I've learnt lots of skills and still practicing some.
I hope to retire and take up something new like make my own space suit 😎😍 🚀🛰🌍🌜⭐️🌠
“..........all the people showing their skills on TH-cam........” I love it. A day that I learn something new is a great day. I have a lot of great days!
Of course this is a year later - Ive only recently considered myself a polymath. Without going into a resume, I have been employed using a wide range of skills and new learnings. I say "recently considered" because of a point that I think Adam didnt quite capture in his hands-on and physical making focus: The skills and processes I have learned elsewhere feed directly into my current digital career. Understanding orders of operations as applied to a variety of production. Everything learned, hands on or not can be modified and applied in other areas. So really, there is no career off limits to a polymath.
Adam, I watched you all the time on MythBusters you and Jamie and for some reason I didn't know you were on TH-cam. I got a smart TV not too long ago and started watching TH-cam and I just discovered you tonight. This is awesome. I love you I miss Buster's I love your Talent. I am so excited to find your Channel. I've subscribed and you got me for life. Well as long as you're doing TH-cam. Great to see you again. Love your show. Keep doing what you doing.
To be a little more specific than just hoping on Etsy and saying you’re a maker is having higher skill sets that set you apart. Such as carpentry or machining. It’s definitely the longer route to become just a known maker of things but fields such as those can give you very valuable skills that transfer to many things and open a lot more possibilities. Having a long term job or career in a field like machining or carpentry can give you a stepping stone to then do your maker business on the side while getting started.
There’s a lot of depth you can get out of this subject but this is just my two cents about it.
Bit like going from everything made being bespoke, through the 1st industrial revolution where you got what was good enough, back to getting exactly what you want & that will likely involve people who you consult with till they learn what you want & its exact dimensions. You will get it, no one else will be exactly the same & so the process goes on & on with each person ending up with something unique & precious to them. Thanks for sharing!
QUESTION What one tool from the past do you wish you had?
I work for a tradeshow/signage/environment/corporate interiors fabrication company. All things considered it is a pretty great gig, I work as a production artist and have worked with, and created for some pretty cool clients, Rolex, NRG, Canon, Sony, Tiffen, LeVian, Cartier, Nikon, KidRobot, NewEra, RayBan, to name a few. I have a 4 year degree in graphic design and my time is pretty evenly spread between computer work (mainly Adobe Illustrator) and manual work helping to create some very custom solutions to interesting problems. I routinely work with laser cutters, large format printers, CNC machines and water jet cutters. This is all just a lengthy way of saying to look for jobs in the "Environmental Design" "Tradeshow Fabrication" or "Corporate Interior Fabrication" fields. I have worked in NY and TX and know of many companies nationwide that do this type of work.
The last time I came this early I wasted 300 quid on a fancy dinner first !!
People will always want the human touch. There will always be the need for person to person interaction in regards to living space. Reliable skilled tradesmen/tradespeople are becoming harder and harder to come by, so supply and demand is driving up the prices which has its upsides and downsides as it always does. This is why cabinet makers are thriving (at least what I see on the local level). I can't see us ever getting to a point where everything is fully automated, people will always pine for tradition. As long as there are outlets for hand made items, there will be the demand for them.
You have just described my job, my career, and my 5 year old business as @Maker_of_Things. I design and hand make commissions for my clients. My clients range from private domestic home owners, through community groups, to large museum installations.
I have been a mechanic, electrician, carpenter, furniture maker, teacher, and theatre set/prop designer.
All my work is bespoke, often it is completely unique, never to be repeated, and intended to be coveted for a generation, or viewed and experienced by millions of people for decades to come.
I usually work alone, but often I work with my wife, who is also a self employed maker, and we unite our differing maker skills to give a client what they need or want. I do the designs, and the large and structural elements, while my wife creates the paint effects and the very tiny elements.
So what are the career paths for a maker? I don't know, but this has been the route my wife and I took.
As a Maker, this is what you could do, if it fits what you want from your life and your career. My week is pretty much 3 days of paid work, followed by 3 - 4 days of community and voluntary work, and fun, and I think it is proving to be the best job in the world for me.
I have been a fan since the start of mythbusters, and I love how in depth you take every little things, even just answering a simple question. You're awesome man!
This video really struck home with me. I had to shut down my Etsy site because postage was just insane! I make things of all shapes and sizes. Most of my sales were overseas (come to think of it, not one Etsy sale was within Australia) so I simply couldn't afford to keep the site active. I put my email in my video descriptions in hopes of connecting with buyers. I do random giveaways and try to sell at markets to try and promote myself. I don't want to become stuck in a "one item" production line. I agree that handmade, custom objects will never become redundant but its hard to see a future as a maker sometimes.
An interesting question, as someone who really really! Wanted to work in movies and has a degree in it it’s just going all digital now!. And it’s extremely hard to convert to another career path in rapid prototyping/3D printing without taking 10 steps back to learn it 🙄. But I do and will always love building stuff as an when I can!.
Good News Pins on etsy released a gorgeous enamel pin version of deckard's blaster. I think I tagged you on insta when I got mine but I think you were knee deep in project egress.
I also found a pin maker that made an overlook maze. Thought you might like those!
Museums. Many, like mine, have maker spaces now, but even those that do not have exhibits departments that rely on maker type skills.
What type of education tract would you recommend Adam? Art/Design school or traditional engineering? How about for kids with “limited means”? Industrial design degree, sculpture, engineering? BTW; I’m 60, so I’m out of the loop (not to mention my mind🤪) sure do wish this all existed in my day of the Syd Mead, Ralph McQuarrie era...
There are many people with ideas for products but have no knowledge of how to make prototypes. Makers are rare or at least hard to find. This might be a good career for someone with building skills
Always so interesting! THANK YOU!
3-D houses are being built in Russia, China, probably elsewhere. While 3-D printing requires its own set of skills and creates the need for auxiliary skills, there are traditional skills, and people with those skills, that it will be displaced. That may or may not provide an opportunity for traditional skills to flourish elsewhere.
Gig economies work where there is a sufficient social safety net and universal access to health care.
@John Doe Duh, of course is does.
@John Doe I would suggest that so long as you're contributing to society (by participating in the economy as well as paying taxes) then you are entitled to healthcare. I live in a country where healthcare is free. That doesn't mean I don't have a real job.
@John Doe That's what the taxes are for. Doctors don't grow on trees, they grow in schools and universities... The state should also provide that education. Then we pay their wages together. Statistically speaking I can assume that you're not one of the wealthiest 1 percent of the world's population (who now owns more than half of the world's wealth) so it's incredibly unlikely that you earn enough through you job to pay for your existence. You walk on pavements (sidewalks), drive on roads, eat food and even breath air (if you have clean air) because of the subsidies your government pays out. Most big business can't function without tax cuts and subsidies from the government and their technology almost certainly owe its origins to military research which is funded by the government. You already live in a socalist society, it's just that it's the super-wealthy who benefits and you pay for their lifestyle. Your healthcare and education could (and should) be free, instead, we pay for the rich to get richer.
Everything should be free
Proof?
Markforged - have you heard of these guys? I ran into them at a CES a couple years back. They produce a 3D printer that prints in METAL and Kevlar. Uses all the standard software, as far as I know. Worth a look. You're welcome.
Adam, what about systems engineers that have been in the business for over 25 years? The guys behind the scenes that keep TH-cam, Instagram, Etsy, etc running for everyone? What future do the unseen heroes have? Especially since our jobs as the dungeon keepers, so to speak, are being sent off to the less skilled because they cost less?
They say that fashion goes in circles, the same is true for technology
Look at all this digital media, each step was a revelation, now look at all the people going back to vinyl music, something they can hold and cherish, plus a few that are going back to or still using magnetic tape in reel to reel or cassette.
Look at people going back to valve (vacuum tube) electronics, valves are still being manufactured, nothing better than seeing the heaters glowing.
The virtual world will never replace the physical world, we need to feel the world around us.
I agree. I believe there is a place for both mass production and made to order. Not everything someone needs or wants can come from a cookie cutter production line. I am always looking for made to order products. Etsy is a great place. I also support products through kickstarted and the like.
broadcast tech. you get to work on multiple things in different mediums also you get to fix and create purpose built things. I love my job and radio isn't dying, trust me its found its place in 2019 but the amount of broadcast techs and engineers are slowly dwindling
I'm a maker and did not know about etsy, saw the name... but that's about it. Thank you Mr savage and the commenter (I'm not going to slaughter your name, not to imply Adam did.) I'm going to do research.
When I think bespoke, I think of borosilicate glass apparatus. I've had the good luck of apprenticing with a master artificier for a couple of months. Sadly, the academic institution he was attached to wasn't interested in guaranteeing the future of the Art. :-(
Thank you for your great insights, Adam!
I have similar hopes for the future, and have been dreaming of running a small scale / bispoke design & production business for a while now!
That's great Jan, go out there and make something for someone, don't wait for a fully formed business. Keep dreaming and start achieving!
I really love your thoughts. I recently posted a video about how I used First Order Retrievability in my Moto Workshop. Also how I create order in my shop. You were a huge inspiration in my shop. Still a work in progress.
career paths for makers...all over the place. depends on the maker. like foam? theaters, custom cosplay, protyping for a manufaturer ( thats pretty much for any material). or as adam says, be your own boss, make your own career path. but the real world isnt that easy always. so...theater, even if its a school. a company that needs prototyping done. into wood? furniture manufacturer, window manufacturer ( they need people for installs and you have to fit the windows. restoration companies...
Adam can you recommend a really good 3D printer that produces high resolution parts?
I design and built my own developement kit for Motion controll applications (CNC ,3d printers, robots, animatronics and everything else that moves) it wil lbe soon available to buy as a kit, and I strive to get more toosl dedicated to makers out there. tolls that give you the features of Pro -gear but adapted to the needs of makers and enthusiasts.
You mention rapid manufacturing soon following rapid prototyping, but even more exciting, IMO, is molecular manufacturing (nanotechnology) coming very soon after that. What makes molecular manufacturing so much more exciting is that it's zero-waste, atomically precise, and will usher in a true economy of material abundance. No stressing about GIG ECONOMY BS when you can literally print your own food & clothing on the same printer that can make a custom pure diamond phone case from cheap Carbon.
We live in an unprecedented time. Makers have access to crazy advanced hardware for little money, incredibly powerful opensource software, and an endless free supply of all the education needed to use them both. The internet can be a fire hose of knowledge for the curious minded.
I find it amazing and somewhat ironic but the birth of the Industrial Revolution and our entire technological age started with the ability to rapidly turn out standardized parts. We started out with a one size fits all mentality and that same ability to create these standardized parts is now allowing us to move in the opposite direction and create highly customized parts and items. Funny how these things work out huh?
I understood that question totally different.. maybe it is my bad English.. 😆.. Just hoped answer to that what I did understood
We already have a term that swallows, “Maker”. It’s Artisan.
I think the gist of the “digital” refers to architecture programs replacing architects, etc.
Salzmoto, consider engineering 🤗
Hey I know your comment is old but isn't a lot of engineering computer based now?
Can you please tell me about this etsy Lego Maker or if you are aware of programs, tools, resources to achieve this. I have been wanting to have a model of my childhood home and grandfather tractor made from Lego.
I think that future sounds interesting. Where would you suggest people acquire the knowledge for those skill sets. I've learned that just because a TH-cam video has lots of views the information isn't always accurate.
Thanks Adam, I get a lot out of Tested, sometimes directly but more often from following the mental connections and joining the dots. I need to take another look at Etsy and see beyond the unidentifiable knitted creatures of the village craft fayre.. If you have found good connections there then I'll take another shufti (may the Google be with you - unless you're English and no explanation necessary {yes I know it's Arabic but English is such a pick 'n' mix language, just imagine Michael Cain as Harry Palmer saying it}).
Industrial model making is a pretty large field there’s lots to do.
How did you get to film studios.
Thank you I like to make things as a crafter
i think makers are gonna have even more business as industries become more and more automatized. Handcraft can't be automatized, so it's gonna become more and more popular to have handcrafted things. Especially as the workforce is gradually replaced by machines and AI, hopefully all countries will see a rise in social security and basic income for all and more people will have the opportunity of taking risks like investing in their own maker business instead of having to stay working for an hourly pay
I've very excited to build this. This is exactly what the company I'm in the process of building is all about. Hyper Custom home products to increase efficiency and reduce stress. I'm eventually planning to decentralize manufacturing and to do just what you're talking about in the video. I'm calling the company uprelief
Hi Adam Savage, i was wondering if you wanted a idea for a build in your shop. I like to make on my spare time, the classic Steam Engine Put-put Boat. So id like to see how well you would build one !? :D
Hey Adam, What would you like an end all be all service to be able to do? I personally want to create a platform where anyone can literally make and sell anything and get paid fairly for it. I want to have a platform where people can make and sell food, drinks, games, movies, tv shows, tools, cosplay crafts, music, clothing, literally what anyone needs. Kinda like a mix of universal, umg, netflix, disney, google, amazon, walmart, EA, steam,etc. what do you think needs to be done to make this idea not immediately fall apart or fall into the toxic sludge that is billion dollar companies that do whatever they want bc they're too big to fail? what should be kept in mind when trying something so radical as this? It shouldn't be hard or impossible for a nice person to change the horrible environment that companies like amazon, and EA and time warner and facebook have created and maintained for so long that normal people don't believe anything can be changed or that anything that rivals them won't just end up horrible like everything else seems to do.
How often do you use your tattoo to measure something?
Have you used it to photograph a prop yet? #askadam
The question was never answered. I'll try. On Google I saw something about taking 2 or more areas that YOU are strong in, and combining them to make something.
Ice been guilty of watching others on a phone, and it hurts...and the irony here...I would go to a restaurant, eat alone, in memory lane...some mental stimulation or similar to putting pressure on a wound...and the phone to me is a distraction from everything and everyone I'll never get to be with...talk with...make a friend with...my phone to me keeps my eyes down off hopeless dreams of any type of dreaming interactions if anyone....I'll even put on random music or videos and just sit with that in my ear...watching....the families laughing...the the students...the random celebrating people for birthday parties...the pictures they take...in my view...my sight?...my phone is a theruputice distraction from the reality....if it wasn't set up...or someone sent to me....I would in truth sit still...and alone...in all honesty it hurts to be in a wishing state of even being looked at...to have a friendship....instead I'm stuck between an older generation that begs for learning...and a younger crowd in which I can never be a part of because at some point and time some cop will will put me in the back seat and say pedophile comments....or some older generations will poke and mock....something and alot of stuff would could understand but for now I'm a native guy in a world that assumes the worst...to walk down the street and have people pull there purses close or the excuse upon hello is that they have a wife or girlfriend or some other outside of conversation is that this individual your talking isn't your age so dont talk....the phone? Is my distraction.....that stupid pathetic device is an excuse to show others I have headphones in and not to worry...I'm not a threat....I dont even want to be a part of what people assume. And even if someone was interested...the headgames...the intentions people have had....I cant trust an interaction anymore. But hey this comment isn't programmed to go with the flow...its truth. The restaurant is a time frozen for me if a time when direct communication was maybe Maybe...somewhat truthful..to watch some one enjoy a soup bowl full of strips of meat and some just telling me how there day was...the restaurant is the painful reminder to get over anything I ever thought I had. To get over anything I've learned you gotta just put yourself in the heart of it till its numb...the phone? It's to show people I'm not here dreaming of fucking everything in the ass.
Hey Adam, I'm a mostly traditional miniature sculptor for tabletop games but I've made some toys too. I have my own range but do a fair few commissions as well. If you were interested in checking anything out or chatting give thunderchild miniatures a google and I should pop up. Would be great to hear from you
The hard part is being able to make a living or even a decent return on your time/materials. Now with 3D printing I think other forms of craft/art will be even harder to continue because things can be printed in a fraction of the time it may take to say sculpt. Although designers who use 3D printing will do well obviously. I can make very bespoke things but honestly for what I could charge, I would make more money cleaning toilets because people simply wont pay for your time. So really it must be a hobby then, because you cant get the money for the hours put into a thing. You do it because you love it, knowing there is no career..or at least this has been my experience I'm afraid...
I'm retired with an income. I enjoy building things. Some have the potential of lasting for generations. I want others to have them. If necessary, I will sell them at a loss or give them away. I don't have to be overly concerned about the cost.
Have you seen the www.instructables.com website, lots of maker's sharing on that site.
I know this is over a year old, but another great resource for connecting with people skilled in their field for commissioned work is Fiverr.
is that a hero cast of dooku's ep2 saber?
A toy car isnt trivial to a kid who doesn't have one. A cup holder isnt trivial to someone who is disabled and needs the help.
Bespoke cars and things like moal design
Adam I challenge you to build a lightsaber. Not a real one of course, but a custom hilt at least!
PREACH BROHTER PREACH.!!! THAT'S WHAT MADE AMERICA GREAT!! CREATION..IN WHICH THE WORLD BUYS FROM OUR AMERICAN CREATORS!! XOXOXO ADAM!!
I think there are cause/effect scientists, and numerical/analytical scientists the Why, and the How many?
Edit: and then there are creators
Do you know about folksy.com from UK? Similar to Etsy.
"Soundsmoto" sounds moto, that is military jargon for "motivated", the kind of hyper newbie (aka "boot") soldier or officer that hasn't been screwed over enough times to get jaded about the military life. Officers, godlike beings shielded from this reality, usually never evolve from this fase. :-)
The username was Salzmoto
Would you ever do a One Day Build with another TH-cam maker?
Adam I have a few things I want to send to you for your star wars shelf
Adam If u could do mythbusters again and would you?
Adam should do the Rogan podcast
That would be so fun, to have him talk about himself and other fun stuff , for 2-3 hours
That’s @salzmoto (aka me) for anyone who was wondering.
I make a lot of mistakes. Does that mean i am a maker? 😂
We have met several times (Kevin Gossett and we work/worked together) We are a set/prop/mechanical effect studio that has recently become one of the top designers of Escape Games. It really is just a matter of building anything someone needs! Great video! Check out our channel if you have a moment 😘
I'm not sure if what I took from that was what Adam meant to say. The future is wide open right now but it's also fraught with disappointment. There are forces out there being manipulated and abused by people in positions of power who could use that power to make the infrastructure of Making better for everybody. Instead they're making selfish choices that are hindering our future and in some cases making the very survival of mankind far less than the certainty we need it to be. Some people out there can use their abilities to fight those expletives, but let's say you're not one of those people You don't know politics and you don't care. You're just a Maker. You just wanna make. I get that. Needless to say, you got a lot of potential obstacles in your way. The career paths that have been trail blazed in the past are now being sabotaged, and even those left alone by people in positions of power are fading. They're kinda worn down and ragged and while some can make a living in the corporate sector, that future looks kinda bleak from both a standpoint of creativity and security.
If tried and not quite so proven methods and well beaten paths simply do not appeal to you, you're gonna have to blaze your own trail, and you're gonna have to personalize that trail so that it works for you. If you can find a path that fits your needs, that's one thing. Chances are your talents are uniquely suited to you, so you'll have to blaze your own trail.
A lot of Makers took to building wagons on the east coast in the early history of America and they built those wagons for people heading to the west coast to seek their fortunes, but some of those who built all those wagons found their fortune without ever having to leave the east coast, and some people who invested in those wagons never made it to the west coast. History is fraught with ironies and tragedies like that. So whether you blaze a trail all your own, or take to the well beaten path, you're going to face your share of challenges, because everyone else is answering that same question for themselves, and the answer just isn't the same for everyone. Figure out what you love to do and do that more so you get better at it, and hope to get other people to pay you to do what you love. In the mean time you may have to figure out what you're already good enough at where people will already pay you to do that and even tho you don't enjoy it as much, it could put food on your table while you get better at what you do love.
Fascinating answer. Not to the question, but still.
Doing the work is easy, getting paid enough to have a sustainable life style is the hard part.