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title: "Difference Between a Maker and a Future Engineer, in Shenzhen, China with Henk from Trouble Maker"
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date_published: "2017-01-17T02:00:58+00:00"
description: "GFA158. This week’s show, Henk from Trouble maker - we had a good conversation at his maker space in Hua Qiang Bei digging into maker vs engineer and a whole lot more - enjoy! For full show notes, check out GlobalFromAsia.com/episode158."
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# Difference Between a Maker and a Future Engineer, in Shenzhen, China with Henk from Trouble Maker

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I got the flu! On meds now so I’m feeling pretty high, will keep today’s intro short – sunday evening after a bus ride back to Shenzhen from a Hong KOng business meeting today. Well, we have the Global From Anywhere course almost ready to get kicked off, right on the start of chinese new year – if you want to get in on the ground level with us, globalfromasia.com/course i am putting my whole brain into this one on international business and optimization, hope you can give it a look, as it supports this show and our future efforts here.

Ok, this week’s show, Henk from Trouble maker – we had a good conversation at his maker space in Hua Qiang Bei digging into makers vs engineers and a whole lot more – enjoy!

## Topics Covered in this Episode

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#### Intro Henk, and Troublemaker?
    
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#### Troublemaker
    
    So how did Troublemaker come to be?
    
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#### Trends
    
    What trends have you seen in the maker movement here in Shenzhen?
    
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#### Accessibility
    
    Many listeners are not located in China, do they still have a chance / opportunity?
    
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#### Basic Skills
    
    What are some basic skills a “maker in training” can learn?
    
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#### Maker v.s. Future Engineer
    
    Difference between a Maker and a future engineer
    
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#### Overview of HuaQiangBei
    
    HQB and why you’re there, it’s like a landing page on a website
    
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#### Design Your Own Robot
    
    Your education and courses. On designing robots, as well as theme based ones on design, structural engineering, electronics engineerings
    
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#### Longgang, dormitories, what?
    
    New location in Longgang and future incubator.
    
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#### Contacting You and Troublemaker
    
    How can people reach out
    

## People / Companies / Resources Mentioned in this Episode

√ [Troublemaker’s website](https://troublemaker.site/)  
√ Henk’s wechat is “protopro”  
√ Quora.com  
√ [Mike’s blog of huaqiangbei](https://mikesblog.com/2014/09/video-tour-huaqiangbei-electronics-market-shenzhen-china.html)  
√ [Global From Anywhere Course](https://globalfromanywhere.com/course/)

## Episode Length 25:59

Thank you Henk! Make sure you give him a chat on Wechat and say thanks for me as well – would love to hear you enjoyed it.

Alrighty everyone – i am taking a vacation for Chinese New Year – but – don’t worry – next week’s show is ready and it’s a good one, won’t ruin the surprise – episode 158 is over- show notes is, as always, www.globalfromasia.com/maker-vs-engineer/, peace and see you in the year of the cock!

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