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October 2014 • The PCB Design Magazine 61 in for my future career. In that short contract, I worked with a team of software engineers that were enhancing a little in-house CAD tool that they had developed for their own special- ized boards. I would never have dreamed that 14 years later I would leverage that experience while working for a CAD company where I would be helping customers to excel at their jobs using our advanced applications. I also had no idea that the simple little tape- up boards that my contract job started me with would one day give me a greater appreciation for the history of our industry and better in- sight to help users as they transition from older design techniques to more modern ones. And I never would have imagined that that little contract job would flex my design skills, get- ting them ready for the larger jobs and more advanced technologies that I would later face. Where would I be today if I hadn't been forced to leave what I thought was safe and secure so that I could get out of the box and grow in my skills and abilities? Many of these kinds of situations cross our paths, and we need to be ready to learn and grow from them when they present themselves. Blink and you might miss what is right in front of you. PCBDESIGN Figure 2: a better view of the falls. Tim Haag is customer support and training manager for Intercept Technology. tim's takeaways BLINk AND YOU WILL MISS IT continues