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Brumby:
I've been an electronics enthusiast ever since I was 8 and it has been a lifetime hobby.  I entered Uni for a degree in Electrical Engineering - but I was seduced by the dark side and ended up with a career in IT, but I still enjoyed my electronics ... and sometimes they overlapped.

When I stumbled upon the EEVBlog, I enjoyed Dave's style - but felt a little intimidated by the gear he has on his bench.  That was, until I recognised the Altronics bench supply that sits in the background of many of his videos.  I have the same one.  Bewdy!  Feeling a bit more comfortable.

BUT - why I'm here...

I came across this job - on Gumtree of all places - and after a couple of emails where I've outlined my relevant skills, I've been asked to provide my resume, but I have a problem with that.

I have absolutely no idea with whom I am communicating.  Concerns over privacy are foremost and there is always that niggle in regards to identity theft.  I'm not about to divulge my corporate work history to an anonymised email address.

I've asked them for some assurance that it is a legitimate offer and I am waiting on a reply - but I was wondering if Dave might have any ideas, since he is in the same neck of the woods? .... or are the potential candidates like fleas on a dog?  Small and numerous.


Or are there other jobs in the area where a long standing hobby might serve well?

(As an indication of my soldering skills, as a personal challenge, I hand soldered some 0804 and 0603 LEDs to a piece of matrix board with a fixed 30W iron.  It's not pretty (to me at least), but they work.  I'll be sticking to paste and reflow for future efforts.)

fivefish:
Do you do TH components too?
Where are you located?
Do you have photos of your work?
Do you have a blog, website, youtube, facebook, or twitter page?

Brumby:
Please realise that I'm a hobbyist that has never really looked at marketing my skills - and I am well aware that being essentially self-taught, raised on EA and ETI, I might need some refining for commercial work.

As such, my foray into the world of SMD is only recent (less than a year) but I started with through-hole over 30 years ago.

I'm located in the Blacktown area - not far from Dave.  (I could meet him for coffee at Norwest with 15 minutes notice.)

I haven't even thought of taking photos of my work - but it would seem a rather obvious step to take.  Might have to take a look at that.

I don't have a blog, website of twitter page.  I only joined Facebook to follow the Mars Curiosity rover and the only video I have on Youtube that even comes close to 'on topic' is one of a problem I had with a soldering/rework station which I made to demonstrate it to the supplier.

Also, I'm not one who is keen on "Selling" themselves, so that makes this exercise fun.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Brumby on December 02, 2015, 02:23:40 am ---I came across this job - on Gumtree of all places - and after a couple of emails where I've outlined my relevant skills, I've been asked to provide my resume, but I have a problem with that.

I have absolutely no idea with whom I am communicating.  Concerns over privacy are foremost and there is always that niggle in regards to identity theft.  I'm not about to divulge my corporate work history to an anonymised email address.

--- End quote ---

Sounds dodgy.


--- Quote ---Or are there other jobs in the area where a long standing hobby might serve well?

--- End quote ---

Most people do not care where you got your skills, so long as you can show what you can do.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Brumby on December 02, 2015, 11:36:00 am ---Also, I'm not one who is keen on "Selling" themselves, so that makes this exercise fun.

--- End quote ---

No one is going to do it for you I'm afraid.
If you have no experience in the field to show on a resume, and you are unwilling to show your work, be it physically, or via photos/blog etc, then I'm afraid that the odds of  getting a job in the field are practically zero. You have to do some hard yards to show people what you can do.

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