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| Zero999:
Was anyone here a complete electronics beginner when they first signed up to this forum or started watching Dave's videos and are now an electronics professional? I wasn't a complete beginner. I hadn't long finished my apprenticeship and was still junior, but I do wonder if there are others here who hardly knew anything and are now helping others. I does appear to be the case, going by the improvement showed in some of the posts, by many older members. |
| tom66:
I think I'd count - I hadn't even started university when I first joined here (and look at some of my earlier posts with a "wtf, what were you doing?") Learned a lot, great community. |
| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on March 05, 2023, 10:20:38 pm ---Was anyone here a complete electronics beginner when they first signed up to this forum or started watching Dave's videos and are now an electronics professional? --- End quote --- I get messages all the time saying exactly this and thanking me. So the answer is yes, plenty. |
| Brumby:
I sometimes wonder how some members have progressed after getting involved here. You don't often get such feedback, so it's nice to know there are some examples of real benefit at levels higher than home hobbyist. I know I have had great benefit through my involvement here from free stuff to acquisition of kit (sometimes too much help ;D ) as well as learning a heck of a lot and (hopefully) giving back a bit as well. I do have one personal highlight in being commissioned to do a milligram scale modification for a member overseas who found me here through my sharing of another scale modification project. That would not have happened if it were not for the EEVblog. I have been impressed by the willingness of members here to help out with parts, advice and even diving into their own gear to get measurements or take photos to help another member trying to repair. I have been personally graced with several items - from a couple of HP switch caps to a 1740A CRO - as well as a few computers and components and more ... not to mention being given the heads up on Jaycar sales and one member's efforts which guided me to the successful acquisition of a rather large laser machine >:D . All in all, it has been my great pleasure to have been a member here - and I don't plan on giving that away anytime soon. My thanks to you Dave ... and to all the members that have made my experience so much more enjoyable. |
| Foxxz:
I would also like to thank members here for helping out and putting up with newbie mistakes and foolish ideas. I am experienced in electronics and came here from a ham radio forum where my ideas were harshly criticized by members I respected and had the knowledge to help/explain but refused to do so. It was demotivating and caused me to abandon some of my projects. So thanks to everyone here for motivating and helping me and others through learning and understanding areas we might be weak in. :) |
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