An EDA Tool Walks Into a CM w/ Fusion 360 Electronics Product Manager, Ben Jordan

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We're very excited to be joined on this episode by Ben Jordan. Ben, who was previously at Altium for many years, now works at Autodesk as a Senior Product Manager for the Fusion 360 Electronics product.

We chat about:

• Why we call them DuPont headers
• Machine pin headers are awesome
• A brief history of Altium's founding in Australia as Protel Systems
• Chris' love for Australia
• Lots of Ben's dad jokes
• The Coriolis Effect, Ben's new show with Bil Herd
• Fusion 360 - the benefits of using a unified ECAD-MCAD-SIM software platform
• Chris has finally found a perforated cardboard tab that actually works: https://www.packworld.com/issues/sustainability/article/21136720/nespresso-coffee-capsule-made-from-80-recycled-content
• Ben's pet peeve - people who abuse nonstick pans

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