Video of Shernale K.
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Discipline is what attracted me to bodybuilding.
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I always like to work out, but taking it
to that next level and understanding
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what my body can do and how much discipline
I can actually put into that.
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I've been working in plastics
and raw materials for about 26 years.
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There is absolutely a beauty in designing things
and crafting them and being able to see
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them made out of the correct materials.
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I was not the little girl
that wanted to be the dancer.
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I was the one taking apart my brother's bike
or my own bike or the neighbor's bike.
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Yes, I've always been a hands-on type person
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My day-to-day here is spent primarily
with new product development.
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I manage the prototype shop and assure
that the new product development teams
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get the prototype parts they need
in a timely manner.
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We're always walking through,
if we get a failure, why did this happen?
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Okay, well, why did that step happen?
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Getting to the root cause
of how that failure may have happened
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and making sure that we have all of our lessons
learned and not making the same mistake
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more than once.
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We've got the side handle here.
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This is much much better balanced [?]
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If you look
at the Stanley Black & Decker portfolio of brands,
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they're the greatest in the market.
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We take a lot of pride in how our brands look.
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Part of our job as materials engineers
is to make sure that our colors are protected.
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We have what's called a spectrophotometer
and what that does is it takes a standard.
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We will look at it and make sure
that it's within a reasonable tolerance
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and then make that part of our approval process.
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Doing some testing, we found
that some of the screw bosses were cracking.
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Did we find the problem right away?
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My favorite part of the job
is really the interaction that I have with people.
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There's a lot of critical thinking
that happens here which is fantastic.
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There's a lot of collaboration.
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We get to see the product from concept,
straight through manufacturing.
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Fantastic, fantastic.
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My advice for students considering pursuing
a career in a STEAM area is to do just that.
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Don't be afraid of it.
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Ask a lot of questions.
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Imagine yourself in this--
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Whatever role you think you
want to be in, imagine yourself in that role.
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Read about it.
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Don't try to jump right in
and be the best at it right away.
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Take steps.
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Again, prepare yourself
to be successful in those careers.
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We do have a lot of toys here.
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It is absolutely a fun place to work.
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[laughs] When we take a prototype that we've made
here within our four walls and understanding
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that we've delivered that
in a timely manner to our design teams,
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there are high fives all around, there
are fist bumps, we're congratulating each other.
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Yes, very much a sense of pride
in what we're able to produce.
