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Hello Summer

I am so grateful to have an employer that understands that employees need time away to refresh, recharge, and come back with a renewed energy and passion. Some of us use the time to go spend time with friends, family, education, reading, working on their home, camping, or traveling, but a 6 week sabbatical every 4 years provides a true length of time to disconnect. I will be checking email and posting to the blog occasionally so that things don't... Read more →

A New Crop of High School Interns at Autodesk Portland

Our Autodesk Portland high school interns just started their summer internship! Monday was their first day in the new Autodesk Portland office. They are are excited to meet everyone, get acquainted with everything, and the free snacks. The interns were selected from local FIRST Robotics Teams and will be working on Synthesis again this summer. Synthesis is an open source software to simulate FIRST FRC robots on competition field and give the drivers experience driving the robots before competition season... Read more →

Calling All Autodesk Product Experts

Do you have a great tip or unique content that you would like to share with Autodesk product users around the world for fame and good karma? While on sabbatical starting Friday June 22nd, I would love to share your amazing content as guest posts for others to learn and benefit from so I can focus on the trails or road trips during my 6 week sabbatical and feel the need to blog less. Are you interested in sharing your... Read more →

Not at AU London this week?

Could make the trip for on reason or another? The AU team has you covered! with the live stream of the keynotes. https://autode.sk/2t7oXyL “AU London kicks off today, chock full of classes and learning sessions, mind-expanding keynotes, interactive exhibits, and receptions for networking with your peers. If you want to discover what lies ahead for the future of making and building, London’s Tobacco Dock is the place to be today. Can’t be there? You can still get in on the... Read more →

Pride 2018 in Portland

Autodesk ‘s Portland office celebrated Pride this weekend. Autodesk is a proud sponsor and employees, families, friends, and community walked in the parade to show support for everyone. Autodesk believes strongly in inclusion not only in our workplace, but also our community, and our world. Our group were at the front of the parade this year with decorated Autodesk A logos. The Autodesk A logo I decorated was picked up by one person to carry in the parade. Thank you... Read more →

Sabbatical Next Friday

Next Friday, I will begin 6 weeks off for the 5th time in 20 years at Autodesk. This is one of the best benefits of working for Autodesk. The 6 weeks provides enough time you can truly disconnect, recharge, and come back with a renewed energy and focus. I don't have a big elaborate travel schedule, I am doing what I did last sabbatical and that was free forming it by going camping, hiking, road trips, seeing friends and family... Read more →

Join Our Autodesk Family

We have hundreds of job requisitions and looking for talented new hires to join us. If you or someone you know is interested feel free to reach out to me or go to our careers website and have a look. Autodesk is consistently one of the top places in the world to work for with great people and benefits. Look at me, I originally planned to only work for them 2 years, but I am still here almost 21 years... Read more →

Hip Hop Architecture Camp in Portland this Week

This week, a very special week long camp is going on in Portland Oregon for middle school kids. Hip Hop Architecture with Michael Ford is here, and I volunteered Monday and Tuesday and will be back again before the week is over. “The Hip Hop Architecture Camp™ uses hip hop culture as a catalyst to introduce underrepresented youth to architecture, urban planning and design.“ Attending this camp is free (Autodesk is one of the proud sponsors) and is a fascinating... Read more →

Happy Birthday ADX Portland

Saturday I went and helped celebrate 7 year for the local Portland Maker space ADX. If you are in Portland and need a great community of makers, this is it. “ADX is a hub for collaboration where individuals and organizations make and learn. By sharing tools, knowledge, and experience, we’re doing things better – working together. Our makerspace, learning center, and custom fabrication shop allow anyone to bring their idea to life. In our 24,000-square foot facility, high-profile designers work... Read more →

Autodesk Portland is Official

Yesterday June 6th, 2018 Autodesk held a series of events to officially open the new Portland office and introduce ourselves to Portland. An employee event was held in the afternoon led by Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost with Autodesk’s entire CEO staff in attendance.Later in the evening we gave media tours and then held a grand opening event and ribbon cutting with invited guests including local leaders, the architect and contractor of the renovated building, media, and the Mayor of Portland... Read more →

Something Special Coming

We have been working hard with something very special planned “on deck” tomorrow. Stay tuned to @Autodesk Instagram tomorrow, and then later this blog Update 6/7/18: The Instagram story will go today as well as a couple blog posts. It was a very busy day for the Portland team.. This isn't a PowerPoint deck, but it is something we have patiently and anxiously waited to tell everyone about. Read more →

Fusion 360 on the Big Stage

Big shoutout to the Fusion 360 team after Fusion 360 was seen in a cameo role on the big Apple WWDC18 stage today running on a Macbook Pro. Image spotted on Twitter by a proud Fusion 360 Product Manager Keqing Song @keqingsong Read more →

Last Weekend

Its Friday and another weekend is upon us. Last weekend was a 3 day holiday weekend and I spent it taking a 970 mile road trip of hikes and landscape photography. I wanted to share a couple photos from the Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washington trip. I drove from Portland to the Painted Hills of Eastern Oregon passing through the beautiful Ochoco Mountains east of Bend Oregon. The Painted Hills of Eastern Oregon – A M A Z I N... Read more →