[SBE] In Need of Mentoring

[Jeff Carter]

Please don't take this wrong, anybody.  Listen to the full message and
think before you react out of a knee-jerk response.

Should we, considering the market and what we've seen, be advising
anybody to enter this career field?

I am beginning to wonder if I can do so in good conscience.  If we're
going to advise and mentor, it strikes me that there's an obligation
to give good advice when we give it.

As a result, can we really say come on in, the water's fine?

To start,  I'll address the school issue.  With the exception of
people I've worked with on the National level, almost nobody here in
Georgia that I've worked with in broadcast engineering has had a
college degree.  A lot of people take on debt to go to school.  I
don't think I could tell somebody to go borrow money to get into this.

What are your *honest* thoughts on the matter, separated from lip
service?  I hear a lot of old timers say privately that it's been dead
awhile, and is now just an animated corpse compared to what it used to
be.

Jeff/KD4RBG

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:25 AM,  <russ at russvanderhorst.info> wrote:

> Hi Larry,

>

> I am already enrolled in World College/Cleveland institute of electronics, and I am almost

> finished. I would love to check this school out, but I am on the other side of the country (NH).

> The tuition I pay is about the same...do you know if they offer an online program?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Russ

>

> On 11 Oct 2009 at 9:58, Larry Bloomfield wrote:

>

>>

>> Russ:

>>

>> There is an excellent school in Napa California. Its program has been running for over 35 years

>> and they have graduated more Chief Engineers than any other school in the country. It is NOT a

>> production school. You do get your hands dirty as they teach you how to trouble shoot down to

>> the component level. The cost per year to go there including books is around $3,000. It is a two

>> year school. I highly recommend that you check it out. There are other schools, but none that

>> have the fine reputation that they have. Nearly every student has a job in the industry before they

>> graduate. Here's the contact info: Steve Goze, program director, Napa Valley College, 2277

>> Napa-Vallejo Highway, Napa, CA 94558. (707) 253-3258. They have a SMPTE Club sponsored

>> by the San Francisco SMPTE Section and I'm doing my best to get them to start an SBE club

>> there as well. There is a lot of interest.

>>

>> Larry

>>

>>

>> russ at russvanderhorst.info wrote:

>>     Hi All,

>>

>>     I have been reading this mailing list, and have learned a lot from it...however I still find

>>     myself in need of mentoring. I have all kinds of books to read, I know a LOT of mathematics

>>     so I can understand the theory of what goes on behind the workings of the equipment.

>>     However being a former teacher, I know the only real way to learn is to "get your hands

>>     dirty". I could read every book there is about how to swim, but it means very little until I get

>>     into the pool. I am not looking for financial compensation, but for someone to "show me the

>>     ropes", how things are really done, what it is like to really be a broadcast engineer. Is there

>>     anyone in the NH/MA area that would be willing to allow me to shadow them for a couple or

>>     few days just so I can get a taste of what really goes on. I am approximately an hour from

>>     Boston, and am willing to travel about an hour in any direction. My preference is for

>>     television, however radio would do just as well.

>>

>>     Thanks in advance,

>>

>>     Russ

>>

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>>     http://russvanderhorst.info

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