[SBE] Career advice needed

[Henry M. Seiden]

Hey Russ,

You can also subscribe to various online publications for industry  
news and equipment info.

My periodical reading list, embedded web links:
TV Newscheck (referral to various online articles)
Broadcast Engineering Magazine <- near and dear to to Chriss Scherer's  
heart...

Good luck and speedy recovery from your surgery!

Henry S.
On Sep 23, 2009, at 08:28 , Russ VanderHorst wrote:


> Good Morning All,

>

> I am in need of some career advice. My name is Russ Vander Horst,  

> and I was the recipient of the SBE Greenberg scholarship for 2009.

>

> Because of any accident, my right shoulder rotator cuff was damaged  

> and required surgical repair back in March of this year. Healing is  

> progressing, but it will probably be another couple of months before  

> my shoulder is back to normal. After an appointment with my  

> orthopedist, he believes it is in my best interest to have surgery  

> on my left shoulder as well, which will side line me for another few  

> months.

>

> I am enrolled in World College working on my B.E.E.T., specializing  

> in broadcast engineering, and am doing very well with it; however I  

> am a believer that you can only learn so much from a book. I “need  

> to get my hands dirty” and do an internship, but this is not going  

> to be able to be done for at least another 6 months.

>

> I would love to read the broadcast engineers handbook, but right now  

> just can't afford it…Also I have been downloading the FCC rules  

> concerning TV, and should have this done in the next couple of days,  

> which I figure will at least help me understand the guidelines I  

> will eventually be working under.

>

> What I am curious about is what other aspiring broadcast technicians  

> would do in my situation to promote their learning while unable to  

> do an internship (which I would do unpaid of course). Are there web  

> sites that I can review? Does anyone have a copy of the broadcast  

> engineer’s reference book they would be willing to part with for a  

> reasonable sum? Etc.

>

>

>

> Any advice that anyone is willing to give would be greatly  

> appreciated!

>

>

>

> Thanks in advance J

>

> Russ Vander Horst , CBT

>

>

>

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