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How does element14 influence which projects you work on?

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  1. Do element14 contests and road tests influence which projects you work on?
  2. Do element14 projects reduce the number of other projects you work on?
  3. Do element14 discussions and blogs inspire or influence some of your projects?
  4. What observations, likes and dislikes do you have about the mix of project themes on element14?
    1. are they too technical? not technical enough? too onerous? not a good fit for your situation?
  5. Would you like to participate more but encounter obstacles?
  6. Do you find the prizes are a significant/sufficient incentive to blog about your projects?

To kick off the discussion, in my case, element14 does have some influence on my projects, but often it is more about influencing which projects get published than about which projects I tackle.

I always have multiple projects on the go or in the pipeline, but when an element14 contest is announced I often investigate if one of my projects can be adapted to fit the rules.

This can alter the priority of a project or even its objectives. Sometimes just thinking about contest themes, spawns a new project idea that goes in the queue.

Often an element14 project includes a subsystem that is useful in some other project in my queue.

Working on element14 projects always incurs a lot more documentation and blogging effort than private projects.

I like the contest / deadline format in the sense that it provides incentive to complete projects quickly.

Some of the other blogs on element14 definitely inspire new projects to be placed in my project queue.

I find that if I have no use for the prize, I am much less likely to participate, but the prize is not usually the main motive for participating in a contest.

Rarely, but once in a while, the prize is the primary reason.

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  • > Do element14 contests and road tests influence which projects you work on?

    It has been my greatest motivation, I like to solve problems even if they are imaginary, and I have taken advantage of the contests to imagine problems and look for solutions as a form of entertainment.

    > Do element14 projects reduce the number of other projects you work on?

    Not really, I only work on element14 projects when I know I'm going to have a vacation period or time for myself.

    > Do element14 discussions and blogs inspire or influence some of your projects?

    They inspire me a lot, but almost everything goes to the list of what I would like to study more or build later.

    > What observations, likes and dislikes do you have about the mix of project themes on element14?

    I love that there is diversity, I am curious about many things that I have not been able to learn throughout my career.

    > Are they too technical? Not technical enough? Too onerous? Not a good fit for your situation?

    I like both very technical topics and a photograph of a trip that an active member of the community has taken.

    > Would you like to participate more but encounter obstacles?

    My participation is an escape route for me, I don't see it as an obligation, I'm comfortable doing a project for element14 as well as taking courses to keep myself up to date.

    > Do you find the prizes are a significant/sufficient incentive to blog about your projects?

    This question is difficult, I don't like to participate for the prize, but I recognize that I have not participated in several challenges because I would not have known what to do with the prize if I had won it. In my country, those prizes have to be declared as earnings and if it is something that I am not going to use it is an expense and one more thing at home.

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  • > Do element14 contests and road tests influence which projects you work on?

    It has been my greatest motivation, I like to solve problems even if they are imaginary, and I have taken advantage of the contests to imagine problems and look for solutions as a form of entertainment.

    > Do element14 projects reduce the number of other projects you work on?

    Not really, I only work on element14 projects when I know I'm going to have a vacation period or time for myself.

    > Do element14 discussions and blogs inspire or influence some of your projects?

    They inspire me a lot, but almost everything goes to the list of what I would like to study more or build later.

    > What observations, likes and dislikes do you have about the mix of project themes on element14?

    I love that there is diversity, I am curious about many things that I have not been able to learn throughout my career.

    > Are they too technical? Not technical enough? Too onerous? Not a good fit for your situation?

    I like both very technical topics and a photograph of a trip that an active member of the community has taken.

    > Would you like to participate more but encounter obstacles?

    My participation is an escape route for me, I don't see it as an obligation, I'm comfortable doing a project for element14 as well as taking courses to keep myself up to date.

    > Do you find the prizes are a significant/sufficient incentive to blog about your projects?

    This question is difficult, I don't like to participate for the prize, but I recognize that I have not participated in several challenges because I would not have known what to do with the prize if I had won it. In my country, those prizes have to be declared as earnings and if it is something that I am not going to use it is an expense and one more thing at home.

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