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[email protected]It's the classic story... sports jock turned math genius. Ok, so maybe that's not how the story usually goes, but in this case, our subject was surprised to find himself converting over to mathematical designs in his career without ever expressing a special interest in math before.
Michael Kadile was the lead product designer building velociraptor robots. Yes, every 10-year-old's dream job exists: designing dinosaur toy robots! In his designs, Kadile could visually envision the designs of the dinosaur, but that wasn't always translating over to the technical designs until he called in some assistance from math. By adding math, he was able to add a level of authenticity and precision.
Hear it from Kadile himself:
“'I never thought I'd ever use math in the real world until I got to the design and engineering side, where I had to be precise. If you don’t do it right the first time, that’s money that the company has spent without anything to show for it. So, precision became the essence of my work. And the only way to keep it precise is math.”'
We love hearing these stories of math showing up in unexpected job projects and hope that by hearing enough of these stories, no kid ever has to wonder "when am I ever going to use this math in my life?" Having a solid math foundation is priceless in any career and will help with tasks like general problem solving, learning new computerized systems, analyzing demographic statistics to create a target marget, and estimating production costs.
Get further inspired by reading Kadile's incredible journey here and share it with your kids:
https://blog.mathnasium.com/designing-a-dynamic-pet-dinosaur-mattels-michael-kadile
As you can see, math will arise in even the most unlikely of careers. Don't let your child enter the workforce without a solid math foundation to stand on. Bring them in to Mathnasium of Littleton and we will guarantee that they have a strong grasp on math and will be able to recall it in future situations.
