Job Placement Service / Tech Support
When I went to school for Telephone Systems in the early '80s, they had a Job Placement department that got me a job doing Telephone Systems.
This later turned into a CableTV Lineman Job. But after an injury, I went to school for AutoCad. And, of course, this school had a Job Placement department that immeadiately got me a job doing CAD drawings.
Now, I've found this really cool thing that I want to do for a Job, a.k.a "PicBasic Pro programming", and I'm stuck ... Where's the's Job Placement department? .... Oh yeah, ... where's the school?<hr>So here's my PBP Wish.
With each purchase of PicBasic Pro, you get a FREE Job Placement with a company in your local area. Of course, you would have to pass their training program at the nearest "PicBasic Pro training center", of which they have several hundred, located worldwide.
But then, I guess you can ask for just about anything you want here, since it's unlikely that anyone from meLabs will ever see this post.
In Fact, I've never seen any posts at all in these forum's from an meLabs employee. :(
So, let's scratch the previous wish, and make a new one.<hr>New Wish ...
I wish, that the meLabs Tech Support Department would take an active role in this Forum, so we can get a REAL glimps at what's going on inside, instead of just what people have been able to figure out so far. Or thought they figured out, so far!
It doesn't have to be an Answer Every Question type thing. Just peruse the posts every now and then, and answer anything that intrests you. Just like the rest of us!
Oh Yeah!, They won't see that either. Arrrrggghhhh!
DT
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Disclaimer: This is the personal opinion of the user Darrel Taylor,
and should not be construde as the opinion of anyone else.
Including the owners of this bulletin board system.
May be we should have a dedicated projects section
Hi,
I think that we should have a projects showcase section where people can post complete documentation of what they do, can do. This would surely enrich this forum and be a pointer to employers.
DT isnt your average Darrel
fanie,
Darrel is probably the best PBP programmer on this forum, it isnt like this guy is some hack who doesnt know what he wants to do... he would be and im sure IS a great employee at this point for anyone that needs a PBP programmer. Jobs are far and few between these days, and yeah, there is stuff out there, but darrel flipping burgers would be a huge waste of talent. I just wonder if he shouldn't just pick up java or C, it's really not as hard as people think, and i'd bet its used far more than PBP... most places that use PICs in a product are probably using pure assembly anyway...
An actual wish for the list
How about an online Syntax checker? Or something that could at least count the amount of code you used and suggest a suitable PIC for the job? Or perhaps let you know if what you've done will even fit into the PIC you specify? I'm not asking for FREE answers, just a sanity check. I would like to know if what I'm doing will fit into the PIC I've chosen so I can go on and lay out a PCB. I'm thinking of something similar to Advanced Circuits' DFM service that will analize your Gerbers and tell you if you have DRC problems.
Something like that would be very helpful while waiting for your development bundle to get through the purchacing department. While I wait all I have is Notepad and the PicBasicPro manual and the PIC datasheets.
Besides that, I would add that most of those that use these forums do what others CAN'T, and therefore get what others only wish for... job satisfaction ;)
Online PBP Courses=Excellent Additional Income!
I love the idea that was mentioned about online courses for teaching PBP. I have only found one company that actually teaches PBC and PBP, but it's a three-day course and you have to be present at their current location to participate. Oh yea, the cost of enrollment in the course is only $1995 per student...Here's the link: http://www.rcgresearch.com/
I would be all for an online course that taught PBP! I've bought numerous books, read the manual twice from cover to cover, and have even had the local library order books I don't have so I can read them and decide if they're worth puchasing for myself. I'm sure your current income situation is pretty demanding with your time and energy, but just imagine if you, Darrel, and possibly others with a lot of experience in PBP programming and HTML got together and developed a complete online course on PBP. I know it will initially take quite a bit of time and effort to develop such a course, but imagine the rewards within the next few years afterwards. Charge $500-$1000USD or more for enrollment, send out a certified "degree" or "diploma" to passing participants, and answer a few questions from them during the course if need be and you'll pretty much be set. If you design the course yourself, you should really only have to pay a fee for hosting of the site and whatever percentage of the net profits to others that have assisted in development. I'm sure that microEngineering Labs would be more than willing to list your online course under it's "Developer's Resources" section, and the forum owners here would most likely be happy to help in advertisement of it also.
This really could be your ticket to a very comfortable retirement. If you do decide to do this, you should offer a hefty discount to forum members (like me) who have been encouraging this...Or let a couple of forum members (pick me, pick me!) test and contribute editorial and technical reviews and/or corrections to the first version of the course (I'd make an excellent grammical and punctuation editor)...
I'd volunteer my time (just like you have yours to helping members of this forum) to help with whatever I could-ideas, suggestions, editing, etc. if this were to become a reality. At this time, there are no competitors that I know of (at least for online courses, anyway), and as somebody else had pointed out-we're evolving to online courses for almost everything these days anyway. I would really love to see this develop-think it over and imagine how your retirement would play out...
-Adam Collins
Re: Job Placement Service / Tech Support
Ha ha! I found this 5 year old post ironic on two levels.
1. Darrel now works for Melabs
2. Darrel IS the answer to his own "New Wish".
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Darrel Taylor
When I went to school for Telephone Systems in the early '80s, they had a Job Placement department that got me a job doing Telephone Systems.
This later turned into a CableTV Lineman Job. But after an injury, I went to school for AutoCad. And, of course, this school had a Job Placement department that immeadiately got me a job doing CAD drawings.
Now, I've found this really cool thing that I want to do for a Job, a.k.a "PicBasic Pro programming", and I'm stuck ... Where's the's Job Placement department? .... Oh yeah, ... where's the school?<hr>So here's my PBP Wish.
With each purchase of PicBasic Pro, you get a FREE Job Placement with a company in your local area. Of course, you would have to pass their training program at the nearest "PicBasic Pro training center", of which they have several hundred, located worldwide.
But then, I guess you can ask for just about anything you want here, since it's unlikely that anyone from meLabs will ever see this post.
In Fact, I've never seen any posts at all in these forum's from an meLabs employee. :(
So, let's scratch the previous wish, and make a new one.<hr>New Wish ...
I wish, that the meLabs Tech Support Department would take an active role in this Forum, so we can get a REAL glimps at what's going on inside, instead of just what people have been able to figure out so far. Or thought they figured out, so far!
It doesn't have to be an Answer Every Question type thing. Just peruse the posts every now and then, and answer anything that intrests you. Just like the rest of us!
Oh Yeah!, They won't see that either. Arrrrggghhhh!
DT
<hr>
Disclaimer: This is the personal opinion of the user Darrel Taylor,
and should not be construde as the opinion of anyone else.
Including the owners of this bulletin board system.
Re: Job Placement Service / Tech Support
So, be careful what you wish for,right? :)
Ioannis
Re: Job Placement Service / Tech Support
It's funny how things work out sometimes. :D
And I found the school.
But the Job Placement came first.
I've learned so much being around Charles and Jeff...
And answering the phones and emails all day are the exercises, quizzes and tests.
Unfortunately, when dealing with 15-20 people a day, I can't spend 4-5 hours troubleshooting individual problems like I used to. So now I can understand why they didn't participate in the forum very often.
Yes, be careful what you wish for.
Because years later, it just might come true. :)
And it might be better than you thought it would be.
Waking up in the morning wanting to go to work, is something I've never experienced before.
Re: Job Placement Service / Tech Support
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Originally Posted by
Darrel Taylor
Waking up in the morning wanting to go to work, is something I've never experienced before.
Me either ! You DESERVE A Job like that Darrel ! I am VERY HAPPY you got it. Kudos to M E Labs for making it available.
I cannot think of anyone more suited to helping people.