Aspect recently welcomed Jackie Reinhardt to our Seattle office. Here are Five Questions we asked to get to know her better.
1. Where are you from? If you’re not from the Pacific Northwest, what brought you here?
I am from Seattle! I went to college in Portland, OR and then returned here so I’ve never really set foot outside the PNW.
2. What inspired you to pursue drafting and design? What made you curious about it?
I studied civil engineering for my Bachelor’s degree, but since college I’ve wandered from copy editing and engineering consulting to boat building and harp building. Landing on drafting and design was an exercise in finding the common thread through all those roles, and I’m so happy with the conclusion!
3. What do you like best about your area of expertise? What excites you and keeps you motivated?
I like problem-solving, drawing, and organizing. Keeping details crisp, sheets clean, and xrefs orderly can be very exciting but also very Zen. I like having lots in front of me and patiently working my way out of the chaos!
4. What do you like to do when you aren’t working?
I like to run, rock climb, play music, draw, read, write, sew, collect records, work with wood, tinker with electronics (Gameboys and iPods are my current obsession), and also sometimes sleep.
5. Where would your dream house be located?
I would love to live in an out-of-service lighthouse—not one of the creepy ones where you’re out on a rock in the middle of the ocean and waiting for Willem Defoe to turn into Poseidon, but one of the cozy ones on a cape in Maine or Norway or somewhere, near a town. I want to be high up looking out at the ocean from my warm little house. Maybe I’ll have a studio up where the bulb used to be so I can play music super loud and spook the birds.