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On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 7:19 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I don't know anybody with a ham license :(
>
>
> On 5/30/2019 8:35 AM, Robert wrote:
> > Check for a ham license...
> >
> > On 5/30/19 5:28 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
> >> When I was young I went exploring.  I'd ask my mom if I could go for
> >> a bike ride.  I never really specified where, and just kept ranging
> >> farther and farther from home.  I'd end up in creeks, culvert pipes,
> >> climbing fences, walking through woods, construction sites, quarries,
> >> and basically anywhere else I didn't get kicked out of.  I got there
> >> on my bike so in terms of parental permission I put it all under the
> >> category of "going for a bike ride".  I only got arrested once, but I
> >> probably deserved it a few more times.
> >>
> >> I also took things apart and used bits of wire and a battery to play
> >> with the components.  At an early job they were impressed that I
> >> correctly used the word "potentiometer" in a sentence.  I also
> >> plugged a DC motor into a 120V AC outle --a valuable lesson there. I
> >> also melted a NiCad battery on the carpet when I left it on the
> >> charger too long.
> >>
> >> My hobbies included model trains and my RC car.  I could tell you the
> >> difference between a parallel and series circuit when I was 10. I
> >> tagged along with my brother when he went out shooting with his Ruger
> >> 10/22.  I slept out in the woods for the fun of it, and sometimes
> >> didn't bring anything but matches.  Played with fireworks, made my
> >> own fireworks with homemade black powder and/or match heads.
> >>
> >> My dad made me do drywall, set fence posts, change the belt on a
> >> lawnmower, and so on.
> >>
> >> Every success and every failure contributed to a set of skills that I
> >> took for granted until I encountered people who didn't have them.
> >> Things like spatial reasoning, basic electricity, use of basic hand
> >> tools, and a general sense of time, distance, and direction.
> >>
> >> So the question for AFMUG is how do you find out whether a job
> >> applicant is the curious explorer who wants to know how everything
> >> works?  How do I attract that applicant to begin with?  I may want
> >> specific skills too like a juggler who can juggle, but I really want
> >> people who can figure stuff out and won't be deterred by every little
> >> bump in the road.
> >>
> >>
> >
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