As a glass blower, fundamentally changed the point of sale
terminal business in the United States and around the world.
And he gave it to anybody who had a checking account,
not people who were qualified in the old way.
It was just if you had a checking account and smartphone,
you could now take American Express Discover Cards.
That is so revolutionary, in fact, that the estimates are it created 30,000
jobs in August of 2012 alone by increasing the velocity of the money supply.
So again, we live in an era where somebody can come in, pick up the skills that they
need to be able to disrupt a major industry in a very short period of time.
It is a revolution, it's very exciting.
[SOUND] Absolutely, so at our locations we have like,
in San Francisco well teach 200 to 250 classes on a monthly basis.
So we don't assume that you know how to use the tools when you come
through the door.
Now they're mostly introductory classes, basically just to get you
safe on a machine, or comfortable with what it is that you're working on,
and then it's self-paced, and you kind of learn yourself.
But the software is one of the real keys, and
the design software in particular, one of our partners is Autodesk,
and they've got some fabulous software, kind of introductory level.
I like Tinkercad or Fusion 360 is their online software program.
But you can get good enough after maybe 20,
30 hours of work to be able to actually produce things.
That is new to the world,
you never been able to be a millwright after thirty hours of training.
You had to go through years of training to get any good at it.
But now we've added software and the computer.
The computer takes over and does the cutting.
And you can become a in a very short period of time.
And we think we're going to be short 200,000 CC operators in the next 10 or
15 years.
And these are good paying jobs.
These are 60, 70, $80,000 a year job being either an operator or a programmer.
And you can take that training in a fairly short period of time and
become fast out on it.
It's critical, I believe, to learn 3D modeling, today.
So, I liken this skill to, like in 1985,
most people didn't know how to type.
Excel didn't even exist.
I think it was 1-2-3, Lotus 1-2-3, right?
And only a few people actually spent the time in those early days,
learning how to use the computer and manipulate things and so forth.
Yet, we spool forward another 20 years and everyone's doing it.
Kids are doing it at eight, nine, ten years old.
They're expected to do this.
It's in order to operate in a modern economy, you've got to be able to use.
A word processor, PowerPoint, and Excel spreadsheet.
In 20 years, you're going to need to be able to manipulate things in three
dimensions because 3D printers and CNC machines are going to be ubiquitous.
And if you want to create a project and you want to do a craft of some kind,
you're going to want to use these tools to be able to make it happen.
So, it's well worth your time.
I think you're setting yourself up for success in the future by being one of
the early adapters in learning how to use these tools.
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