SolidWorks World 2012 – Day 1 General Session
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Read about the general sessions of SolidWORKS World 2012. The first guest of the day was Mike Rowe from Discovery’s Dirty Jobs. Mike talked about the growing skills gap in the US, and focused heavily on the need for education in trades.
Watch Mike’s backstage interview at SolidWorks World – HERE
From machinedesign.com website
By Leslie Gordon
Dirty Jobs” is a well-known show on the Discovery Channel where a guy named Mike Rowe goes around and does the dirty jobs that most people look down on: cleaning out sewers, shucking mussels, and the like. But his presentation this morning at SolidWorks 2012 says that it is, in fact, regular Americans doing such jobs that makes civilization hum. He says there should be no distinction between “white collar” jobs and “blue collar” jobs because in the new paradigm, the changing face of modern manufacturing is that of connectivity. Read More...
Mike Rowe on stage with SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot looking at how the themes of his TV show Dirty Jobs have permeated more broadly across the United States.
Mike Rowe at SolidWorks World 2012 discussing his view of engineering and design as the intersection of what is typically considered “blue” or “white” collar work.
ONION PROCESSOR
Premiere: Feb. 14, 2012 At Gills Onions, Mike Rowe slices, dices and tastes onions before cleaning out the juicing machine and parts of the reactor. Then, it’s off to the San Francisco Fire Department to help build wooden ladders. Read More...
Mike plays Tim Allen’s brother, “Jim Baxter” and Robert Forster plays their Dad. The episode airs on February 21, 2012. Read More...
From Examiner.com
Family & Parenting
Jennie Withers - Meridian Parenting Teens Examiner
Mike Rowe has been to Idaho before to film his popular TV show, Dirty Jobs. This time, however, his purpose was very different. He was asked to speak for Ed Sessions. His topic would be the skills gap and education. Mike (Mr. Rowe sounds too formal for this guy) used humor, startling statistics and well-presented knowledge about this country’s dysfunctional relationship with work. The audience left believing we “are in some way disconnected in a fundamental underlying way from the men and women who do the kinds of jobs that allow us to live the way we live.” (M Rowe, 2012) We also believed, “Reconnecting with those people (trades) is the key to fixing our infrastructure and recalibrating our manufacturing commitments and closing the skills gap.” Also key to reconnecting, education. Read More...
