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I was thinking like, why do we need an hour? But I kind of get why.
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Welcome to another episode of our cat.
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I am Adam,
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your primary host for the series and creator of all
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the episodes.
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That is what we agreed to. I am the primary host today. Thank you very much.
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And welcome secondary host, Adam. Um, and we're with Reno today. Arno,
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thank you for joining us.
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Thank you. Good.
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Virtually joining us.
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Yep. Arno, what do you do at Rex?
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I'm the product designer at Rex. Um, which means that, uh,
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I design obviously, um,
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a little bit of research at the beginning.
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I talk to our customers and try to just get that all into a cohesive design,
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um, that meets the requirements of the team.
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Let's, um, let's talk about it. Cause you are coming in,
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you are dialing in remote. So let's talk about what is your living situation
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Fully remote in Sydney? Um,
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I imagine if we look out the window, there's gonna be a, a view of the harbor.
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I would picture maybe
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Harbor
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The opera house.
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Opera house you got Yeah. All water. Sunny day. Yeah. Living the life. Wow.
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You really are. And somehow in there you also see Bondi out the window too,
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which is great. When you were a kid, did you always, what?
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What did you wanna be? Did you always wanna be a designer?
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I could probably ask that a better way. Couldn't I?
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I felt all designers
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With no. Stop. Stop, stop. Cut that. Cut that. I'm gonna ask that a better way.
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Thank you.
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[unknown] Reno. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grow up?
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I
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Definitely in the creative field, like,
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and always doing arts and craft as a little kid. Um, I had a,
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like a time in my period where I was addicted to Sims
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Sim. We all did, led me
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To becoming, led me to becoming an architect for a bit, um,
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before a product designer.
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So you were an architect first, now you're a designer.
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Yes. I graduated with an architectural D degree. Wow. Um,
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and then I practiced for a few years and then I pivoted into a product designer.
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I also designed some sim houses back in the day. I am also an architect. You
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Guys look like architects though. Today. I must be, but all black.
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Oh, all in black. Yeah.
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Thought it might be in the balding head that it wouldn't. Anyway. Um, alright.
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Okay. So on that then we're talking about arts and crafts. Um, special skills,
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talents.
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I practiced piano for 15 years, um, growing up. Really? Yeah.
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So I did that. My childhood was pretty much classical piano.
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What is the most challenging piece of music? You know,
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Like revelle. I did a few pieces of revelle. Yeah. Wow.
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Let's cut to Ravel.
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Good. We're back.
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That that'll
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Play. That was that. That will play. That will play. That will play, absolutely.
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Okay.
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What is one story you love to tell but rarely get the opportunity to do so?
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Um,
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Ever since joining Rex,
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I started writing and then doing the city to sub this year. So that's,
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Is that because of me being a health person and actually being a runner and a
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very good one?
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Pretty confident. That isn't why? No. Just like being fully remote.
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Um, I found myself not moving at all and then I just started. Yeah. I was like,
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but I do, I've done 10 Ks,
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which like was my like achievement from going to like zero to 10. Yeah.
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It took me nine months. I've been in nine months. Yeah.
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Yeah. Right. That's a long time to run 10 k.
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What is the dumbest impulse purchase you've ever made?
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Last weekend I just bought a throwing machine.
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Just I needed to hem up my pants. Like I'm very short.
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And can Adam borrow the, uh, the sewing machine afterwards?
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He needs to actually add length to his pants. Goodo. Alright. I think,
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I think we can, I think we can wrap it up. But there is, there is a, they're
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Normal. Like it's a normal length. Oh, you're
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Not wearing socks either.
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These are like mesh shoes.
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So we, we can't have a table here next time. You see what I
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Mean? Oh my gosh. Like, it's actually like the mesh.
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There's so much air getting into those
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Anyway. You can't smell a thing.
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[unknown] All right, we're going to end this now with a one last question.
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There's an arena, if you will. Mm-hmm. Um,
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and you've got to challenge me to, um,
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a a jewel of of sorts. You're gonna pick the weapon. Um,
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or the flavor of activity that you're gonna beat me in. What it is it, I
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Think the competition would be who can fit in the smallest box.
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That's a great idea. You would
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Loose, I mean, maybe not.
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I have been known to tuck myself into a tight little ball at once.
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You have the mobility of a brick. Okay.
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No. When I'm up in Brisbane, next time we can, we can
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The box challenge the box.
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All right. Um, Reno,
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thank you so much for taking the time outta your day to spend it with us.
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It was an absolute pleasure.
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Um, and thank you once again for,
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I thought you were gonna bring up the shoe again. Yeah,
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I did. I did I actually have it here? Yeah.
