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Is school REALLY that important or useful? (pg. 5)
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| Joss Weatherby |
Seeing that Eric doesn't know about me in real life.... :p
No, I was offered a potential job with VSS doing simulation programming for them.
A HUGE defense contractor also expressed interest in the work me and a few other people are doing simulating radio networks.
Also, I did the working for someone else's company thing. It sucks dick. I always felt, since I was a little kid, that the only way I'd be happy is if I was in charge.
If that doesn't pan out then thats fine too. I have an incredibly competent designer that I have done freelance web development with for the last 7 years. We've always kicked around the idea of starting our own design firm, but I think he needs more experience, but he is getting there now.
I listened to the co-workers of my friend mock people who got degrees in computer sci, computer eng. a few weeks back. It just seems like a monumental waste of time and money if you are already fairly capable with your own skills and a good learner. :mad: |
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| EricB. |
| "MA I SAID ILL CLEAN MY ROOM AFTER!!! IM WORKIN ON A TOP SECRET MILITARY PROGRAM ON EXPLODING NERF ARROWS! GOOOSSSHHHH!" |
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| zoogla |
you have two ways of getting new work to do (once you finish those projects, or those contractors have no further use for you):
1. word of mouth...if you're willing to trust your current employers to put a good word out for you when they're done with you.
2. credentials
relying on experience alone is challenging because new clients have no idea what you're capable of before they undertake the risk to contract you. however, with all the degrees, they can be comfortable that you paid your dues, and are more likely to hire you because of the significant investment you made in yourself.
get VSS to pay for your education. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
current employers |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by EricB.
"MA I SAID ILL CLEAN MY ROOM AFTER!!! IM WORKIN ON A TOP SECRET MILITARY PROGRAM ON EXPLODING NERF ARROWS! GOOOSSSHHHH!" |
Actually I use the ITU Terrain Loss Model + the FSPL equation along with some my own math to take into account terrain clutter (trees, buildings, etc) to calculate radio link budgets that try to accuraretly refelct real world military radio equipment on simulated terrain. Shown below in a signal map generated by myself from data collected via the algorithm being ran 90,000 times, every 50 meters, calculating a link budget from the red dot in the northwest of the map.
*edit*
Realized that map doesn't have the data legend on it.
That is a AN/PRC-119 modeled on Hi power (4000mW) at 35Mhz with a .75m whip antenna. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| Yes, but nobody listens to radio anymore. |
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| EricB. |
| the red dot indicates the position of nou's top secret tree house in his backyard |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
you have two ways of getting new work to do (once you finish those projects, or those contractors have no further use for you):
1. word of mouth...if you're willing to trust your current employers to put a good word out for you when they're done with you.
2. credentials
relying on experience alone is challenging because new clients have no idea what you're capable of before they undertake the risk to contract you. however, with all the degrees, they can be comfortable that you paid your dues, and are more likely to hire you because of the significant investment you made in yourself.
get VSS to pay for your education. |
Experience plus a good portfolio, plus former coworkers (not managment, they are bat crazy, hell if I ever apply for a job again they probably wont even be around as a company) is the way to go.
The work I am doing now is being released for the civilian market free of charge and there is a LOT of demand for it (I get bugged like 50 times a day on the status of it) so that there is a huge piece of promotional goodness. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Yes, but nobody listens to radio anymore. |
Yea, tell that to the guys pinned down by taliban in Afghaniland when they use a radio to drop some rounds on the guys supressing them. :p |
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| bananas |
| rofling @ vivid's comments:stongue: |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
that there is a huge piece of promotional goodness. |
you honestly think you're going to get the credit due to you? :stongue:
honestly, you need to go through school to learn some more lessons (i.e. make mistakes with no financial repercussions) before you go risking your potential income in the real world. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by fayraree
you honestly think you're going to get the credit due to you? :stongue:
honestly, you need to go through school to learn some more lessons (i.e. make mistakes with no financial repercussions) before you go risking your potential income in the real world. |
Why wouldn't I get the credit? It's me and three other people, one of which is the guy I been talking about. :conf: Him and I have put in like 90% of the work so far on it as well, including developing the entire terrain loss model myself...
When have I ever had financial repurcussions either? I am a spoiled little with money... :D |
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