Got my First Phone in 1973. It has generated several employment
opportunities for me. However, having an Amateur license has opened even
more opportunities.
Got out of the Air Force in 1974 and went looking for a job in broadcast
radio. One local station was looking for an engineer. Of the several
applicants with first phone licenses I was the only one with an amateur
license. The chief was also a ham so I was hired.
The same thing has happened to me with almost every career move I've
faced. Hams tend to hire hams above other applicants when other
qualifications are similar. Is this fair? I don't know but it has worked out
this way for me personally. YMMV.
Al, K9SI, retired mostly
P.S. In nearly forty years in broadcasting and other RF work no one,
including the FCC inspectors, has ever asked to see my commercial or amateur
license. Guess they just assumed I had them. I did have the First posted on
a wall at one station for a while.
