[Cialug] Volunteerism and stepping up a career

[Scott Prader]

Getting anything converted from an old style to a digital style is
always full of challenges.  People might think "well anyone can pop a
VHS tape into a converter and make a DVD", but it's not always that
simple, there are plenty of things that can go wrong when using an
off-the-shelf system like that.  You need to have access to the tools
and software that allow you to make the proper modifications in the
meantime in order to produced a polished product.  After all, who
wants to press 'play' on a digital recording and watch the blurry snow
that might be at the beginning and/or end of some tapes?

But maybe it's not cemeteries that we should be focusing on, since
much of that seems to have been done already:
http://iowagravestones.org but they do accept photos, so perhaps there
are still some gaps to be filled and other pathways to be found.

-Scott

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Josh More
<MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net> wrote:
> Several times each year, the topic comes up within the group of "how do I
> get a career doing _____"?  We always give the same advice: work hard,
> study, volunteer your time if you can't find an entry level position.  What
> we've generally not done is give concrete examples of what that means.  So
> here is one that I just ran across:
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-arlington-graves-20110427,0,1623607.story?page=1
>
> I'm not interested in having a discussion about the politics surrounding the
> issue.  Instead, I want those of you who talk about wanting something better
> career-wise to look at what this kid did.  He found a problem, found a
> solution and devoted a significant portion of his life towards fixing it.
> He lucked out in getting the media coverage, but either way, he created a
> significant career point for himself out of nothing.
>
> This is what we mean when we say "find a project".
>
>
>
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-- 
Scott Prader
Undergraduate Electrical Engineer
CARC, SSCL
sprader at iastate.edu