[SBE] In Need of Mentoring

[Jeff Carter]

A good place to look to check that assertion for yourself is the SBE
Job Page.  Call some of those folks and talk to them, and get an idea
of the money they're willing to pay.

I don't know about right this minute, but low end IT jobs have been
paying more during the last decade.

You can literally be paid more for knowing less in an IT job with an
equivalent IT skillset as a broadcast engineer has to have.  Plus, no
IT person ever had to get armpit deep in an oil-filled HV power supply
system.  A lot of modern Broadcast Engineering is IT related, you
wouldn't believe how much overlap there is.

If you just want to do it for the love of the game, I'd look at NPR or
religious stations.  There are plenty of them who have screwed all the
contractors but still need help and would welcome you as a long-lost
son, so long as you weren't looking to get paid properly and could do
anything at all for them.  Your CBT would be sufficient for them, if
they even know what the SBE is.

Jeff/KD4RBG

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:17 PM,  <russ at russvanderhorst.info> wrote:

> Hi All,

>

> I have to agree with the satisfaction factor. A bit of background on me...I am a former

> mathematician. I taught everything from basic mathematics through differential equations to

> blind/deaf/physically impared students. While I loved working with the students, I HATED the

> administative crap that went with it. Also education changed over the years, and I saw a lot

> of students who frankly just didn't belong in college, yet I was expected to get them

> through...I'm a damned good teacher (other people's words, not mine)...but there are some

> things that just cant be fixed. It got to the point where I was blamed for the failure of some of

> these students...I had enough and decided to get out of the field.

>

> I have had a interest in broadcasting (the technical end) since high school...but I followed in

> the steps of my great grand father, grand father, and father and became a mathematican

> (and let me tell you...Great grand dad and grandpa were pure mathemathematicans, dad

> was a statistician, and I was an applied mathematician...you aint seen conversations like we

> used to have at the thanksgiving dinner table).

>

> My wife works in the medical field, and is well paid...I could hang tough for a bit, but would

> eventualy have to find a job. I believe I would find the satisfaction, even though the money is

> not there...but I am getting the impression that there are no jobs out there to be had...even

> with a B.E.E.T. degree.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Russ

>

>

> On 11 Oct 2009 at 14:47, k7cr wrote:

>

>>

>>  "Jeff Carter" wrote -

>>

>> 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.

>>

>> Good points Jeff -

>>

>> What we often ignore is the 'satisfaction factor'...Let me explain.

>> Musicians and Artists are often paid less than some other jobs,

>> work odd hours etc etc.  However they are doing what they love

>> or feel 'called' to do.   In my case, my love of Radio evolved to

>> the point where I have been able to do what I love for nearly 50

>> years and I would not trade it for anything....even more money

>>

>> I pitty the fellow that watches the clock and marks his calendar

>> as he performs a task that has nothing to do with his first love.

>> Money cannot buy happiness and satisfaction. (sure it can help)

>>

>> Granted there are bad jobs out there, but there are also good

>> ones.

>>

>> Clay Freinwald, K7CR

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