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Disappointed - My opinion

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Looking back at the latest design challenge Design for a Cause, I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. Before I continue, congratulations to everyone who competed and completed or tried their best. I always feel if you tried your best and didn't complete you still succeeded. This challenge was for a great cause and potentially help many people for little to no cost. This challenge was even more important as part of the winners prize goes to charity!! I personally put 100% of my effort and knowledge into creating my project as I truly hope one day it will become a reality for the seeing impaired. Now for the disappointing part:

 

16 competitors chosen / Unknown number of applicants

16 kits sent out

8 competitors completed

4 competitors started but didn't continue past a couple of blogs

4 competitors didn't even start

Now this means 50% took the challenge serious and wants to make a difference. 25% started and gave up (Reasons unknown). 25% didn't even start.

 

So what happened? 8 competitors got the kit for free and did nothing for it. They took away 8 others from competing in the challenge who could have made a difference. The kit was worth $250.00USD, so $2000 worth of electronics was wasted. That is wrong and disappointing....

 

 

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Dale W

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  • I wanted very much to participate and (hopefully) contribute to this activity because i believe that it was a very important one to be able to contribute to. Unfortunately i could not find the time as it came at a time when i needed to greatly increase my focus on activities necessary to find employment. I hope that there will be more "design for a cause" activities in the future and that i could be in a position to participate, but as my prospects of finding employment appear bleak and my resources are few and dwindling, it is difficult for me to even imagine it as a real possibility in my future. In my case it is no loss for the world as my skills are also very limited and probably insufficient to have any real positive impact aside from the pleasure that i would have experienced from making the attempt.

     

    It would not surprise me if there are many others like me in the same situation. From my perspective the world we live in is not an utopia where everyone has the opportunity to participate and contribute. But it is good that some people who have the opportunity do indeed participate.

     

    - raymond

  • in reply to urkraft

    Hey Raymond,

     

    Don’t loose hope, keeping searching for the job. Every interview you face, gets you one step closer. If you have an idea and time (maybe after you are in a job) you can contribute your Design for a Cause here - Design for a Cause which is a space for such projects. I am adding to resources for learning mentioned by Rod ( ). You can find things to learn in E14 here - Learning Center MOOCS here - MOOCS.

     

    Regards,

    Dixon

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