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Outside electronics, what other qualifications/experience do you have?
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Bassman59:
I'm a touring live front-of-house sound mixer.

Well, I was, until the virus destroyed that entire industry.
CatalinaWOW:
I had a number of jobs before completing university and going electronics full time.

Garden labor,  dishwasher, postal delivery, steel fabrication (basically cutting and bending rebar to spec for concrete work), power company field survey, liquor sales clerk, adding machine operator, and cinema projector operator.

Family and volunteer work added machining, farm labor, auto repair, baby sitting, disaster relief, and a number of others.

All of which have contributed to my tool box of skills.  Don't regret any of them.
Mighty Burger:
I don’t have much to say for myself, I’m just an EE student going straight into the field right out of high school. Maybe if you count part-time landscaping then sure.

My high school electronics teacher has had a more interesting career though. He started out as an airplane mechanic. I think he did some work in the military, and he has quite the collection of stories. Eventually he made the somewhat odd decision to switch to teaching. He started with history and English and is now teaching electronics, and has been for many years. He wanted to make as positive an impact as he could.

He is a fantastic guy. He’s largely what inspired me to head into the electronics field. I have a few funny stories I could share about him.
VK3DRB:

--- Quote from: Mighty Burger on September 14, 2020, 05:38:29 am ---I don’t have much to say for myself, I’m just an EE student going straight into the field right out of high school. Maybe if you count part-time landscaping then sure.

My high school electronics teacher has had a more interesting career though. He started out as an airplane mechanic. I think he did some work in the military, and he has quite the collection of stories. Eventually he made the somewhat odd decision to switch to teaching. He started with history and English and is now teaching electronics, and has been for many years. He wanted to make as positive an impact as he could.

He is a fantastic guy. He’s largely what inspired me to head into the electronics field. I have a few funny stories I could share about him.

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Great story! I too was inspired by some science teachers, a graphics teacher and a physics teacher. Their enthusiasm was infectious, especially the physics teacher named Graeme Lofts (http://www.graemelofts.com/p/about-graeme_26.html) who made physics so interesting.

I suspect many teachers might not know what impact they make on people's lives. You may be interested in checking out the original Twilight Zone episode "The Changing of the Guard" 1 June 1962. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734634/ A powerful message about the impact teachers have on our lives. In this episode it seriously hard not to choke up.
 
Halcyon:
Fire fighter, police officer, cyber security expert and university lecturer on this end. I have spent all my working life with technology and electronics (in one form or another) starting when I was 14. Back then I worked in computer repairs and the internet was provided through dial-up modem. ;-)
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