Well Put
Chris T
On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 09:11 +1200, John Carter wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Daniel Hill wrote:
>
> > I'm 19, I'm a Linux geek, I have no formal qualifications
> > I'm kinda lost at the moment.
> > anyone got any ideas for what I could do for a job?
> > I'm willing to learn, I know a little bit of C#, and willing to learn other
> > languages
> > rather not go back to school
> > I know Hardware as well (who doesn't? :P)
>
> Think of formal qualifications as "Furniture for your Mind", choose
> the best most fun furnishings.
>
> The employers think of them as a rating plate for minds. Hokay, he can
> handle that stuff, should have no problem with mine...
>
> I once (in another place and time), interviewed a guy from the most 3rd
> world part of a 3rd world country who had mostly attended an
> exceedingly 3rd world polytech, but had to go look for work for
> financial reasons.
>
> I strongly recommended him.
>
> Why? Because he came with this amazing array of fun / good /
> interesting personal projects he had hacked together / worked on /
> done. And he could jabber on for hours why he done this or that.
>
> Clearly he had massive potential.
>
> So your choices are...
> * Go get a formal qualification. Choose something fun.
>
> * Do a bunch of really fun / interesting stuff, and get use to
> explaining why it's Good / Fun / Interesting.
>
> You say you know hardware well... well, not many people actually do. I
> promise you one thing. Moore's Law has driven computing throughout my
> career.
>
> It will drive _embedded computing_ throughout yours.
>
> Just making CPU's faster is only half the trick these days. They are
> getting more and more and more peripherals / I/O ports / A/D
> converters / GPS / .....
>
> On devices costing a dollar or two.
>
> If you make non-PC Desktop hardware and software (think embedded
> linux) sing and dance... there is a big future for you.
>
> ps: If you choose the right courses... you can do both. Get silly
> Human Resources Happy Making Qualification _and_ ride the wave of
> embedded devices in everything.
>
>
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