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From: Simon Clubley on 6 May 2008 14:26
In article <c7a78d68-0c9b-43c4-90f0-44123b1ffa25(a)w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com>, Amir <ushakil(a)gmail.com> writes:
> Hi everyone and Embedded gurus,
> I live and work in the US. I've never gotten a job in the Embedded
> field, and only my final year project 10 years ago was in the embedded
> field. Also for a couple of years I've been a doing thats out of field
> (web design). My resume thus doesn't look at all for applying for any
> Embedded job.
> Does anyone know what I can do to get my foot in the door? I would do
> personal projects to get experience but no one does those unless they
> aren't being pushed by a teaching authority.
>

I'm going to, in a good natured way, pull you up about that last comment. :-)

You may not want to do embedded hobbyist projects without someone pushing
you to do them, but that doesn't mean that others, myself included, share
your mindset.

Speaking for myself, I'm a professional programmer and _not_ a professional
electronics guy, but I enjoy doing embedded hobbyist projects, and I actively
regard the research and problem solving involved as something that I enjoy
doing for it's own sake.

Personally, I think that if you are wanting to move into a new technology
based line of work, regardless of what it might be, then you really need
to be at least somewhat enthusiastic about that line of work, which means
been willing to develop yourself and have a desire for identifying and
filling in gaps in your knowledge without having people push you to learn.

Otherwise, I don't think that you are going to enjoy your new line of work.

Please regard these as good natured comments; you just got me started by
suggesting that no one would do embedded work as a hobbyist unless they
were pushed. :-)

Simon.

PS: I would also be interested to hear any different views, BTW.

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Simon Clubley, clubley(a)remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
Microsoft: Bringing you 1980's technology to a 21st century world
From: larwe on 6 May 2008 13:39
On May 6, 2:26 pm, clubley(a)remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP (Simon
Clubley) wrote:

> Please regard these as good natured comments; you just got me started by
> suggesting that no one would do embedded work as a hobbyist unless they
> were pushed. :-)
>
> PS: I would also be interested to hear any different views, BTW.

While I basically agree with everything you said, I'd like to point
out that it can be difficult to find and follow a direction in
unprogrammed learning. If you're anything like me, you wind up in "fun
chip syndrome" mode, where you have a shelf of fascinating parts but
can't think of anything important to do with them.

I am dealing with that problem right now; I've been given several very
interesting eval boards and a huge load of fun cellphone LCDs (color
and b&w) and I'm trying to think of something useful to do with them.
I've made a digital clock that counts in Babylonian base-60 cuneiform
numbers, and I've made a full-color artificial horizon for my truck
(with an accelerometer), but besides these eminently practical and
necessary appliances, I'm a bit at a loss as to how to use up these
parts.

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