I pay attention to the machinery industry because I have two good friends who are also engaged in machinery. Both of them used to be technicians in large state-owned enterprises, but they both came to work in Shenzhen because their original enterprises could not continue to operate. One is an agent and sales engineer for foreign pneumatic products; the other was originally in a military industry enterprise, but now works in the equipment development department of a large Taiwan-funded enterprise to continue to engage in mechanical design and development of mechanical equipment required for the enterprise's production. The sales engineers who work as agents are all famous brands, and their income is not bad. I often tell him that if one day he does as well as he does now as an agent for the products of domestic high-tech enterprises, our country's scientific and technological strength will increase. Another person engaged in mechanical design designs things that are better than those abroad. The cost of developing machinery with the same functions is only one-third of that abroad. However, the products he develops are only used in his own company and cannot be promoted. Therefore, So far, his products have only use value but no value (economic value). I suggested that he apply for a patent and promote the product, but after understanding the patent application process, he found it too troublesome and could not make up his mind.
I think, do the technicians engaged in mechanical design now need to educate themselves on the market and teach themselves the lesson of product and market? Developed for the market or tailor-made for enterprises.