Solidworks Headquarters Day 2

Today wrapped up the second and final day at Solidworks in Concord Mass. The two days I got to spend roaming the halls were great. I got tons of insight into how Solidworks the software is created, and got to see how this incredible team of people brings it all together. The past two days could never have come together if it wasn't for all the help and organization from Jeremy Luchini. Jeremy made sure that while I was here I had access to people I wanted to talk to, and he made sure that I had a great time. I want to thank him for his hospitality, and for making me feel at home.

What I learned most while being here is that inside the walls of that building are a group of people that are passionate about delivering a software package that rivals no other. At every level of the company everyone talks about wanting to integrate customer requests, produce a faster and more efficient platform and to all around increase the overall quality of the product. While meeting with all the different people I spoke with, just about every one of them wanted to know what could be done to make a better product. I was amazed at how many people wanted to talk to me to get some insight into the community, or even get some feedback on the product. These people are listening to the feedback they receive, and doing whatever they can to improve Solidworks. My one recommendation would for all the key people in Solidworks to get out there and visit some customers, or a user group to gain even more insight into how the Solidworks community interacts. Probably some of the coolest stuff I saw of course was Solidworks 2009 Alpha. Getting to sit down and drive the software with a variety of the development guys was a great opportunity to display to them just how intuitive or not intuitive the new features in 2009 are.

So overall I had a great time. I got to do more than I thought I would, and speak with more people than I imagined. After being here all I can say is that as users of Solidworks, we should all feel pretty good that there is such a large group of people focused on delivering a software product we can all use to be successful.

Thanks again to everyone at 300 Baker Ave!