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What inspires you to make?

There are all kinds of reasons why you cannot get around to making, but what conditions or events or motivators inspire you put time and effort into making?

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  • I voted for "I think the making experience will help my career"

    It may not. But almost every post I submit is written with the premise that it will be relevant to industrial practice.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    I think making has helped my career in many ways, including helping to land jobs.

    A by-product of making is writing proposals on element14, which enable making.

    This is a very useful business skill to have and element14 proposals help hone that skill.

  • in reply to dougw

    I'm a prolific blogger and learner, doing formal training.

    After doing many of these things in parallel for a decade now , I learned that:

    • doing formal trainings
    • volunteering in the company,
    • taking professional risks
    • changing company
    • getting out of the comfort zone and
    • getting certified

    has helped in every step of my career.

    Up till now, publishing and blogging did not do anything to progress my career. It has been a blocker at times because being a public person is a risk.

  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Blogging would not have helped me at work either although I did blog about the interesting locations where I was stationed at times. Upon retirement I became interested in electronics but was reluctant to blog about that because while electronics were critical in the work I did most of the technicalities were not my direct responsibility or background. Fortunately people who are more knowledgeable than me tolerate this and as an enthusiast I have benefited tremendously from the feedback my blogs sometimes get. I have also benefited from reading posts from you and others who do these things professionally. Please continue. :-)

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  • in reply to Jan Cumps

    Blogging would not have helped me at work either although I did blog about the interesting locations where I was stationed at times. Upon retirement I became interested in electronics but was reluctant to blog about that because while electronics were critical in the work I did most of the technicalities were not my direct responsibility or background. Fortunately people who are more knowledgeable than me tolerate this and as an enthusiast I have benefited tremendously from the feedback my blogs sometimes get. I have also benefited from reading posts from you and others who do these things professionally. Please continue. :-)

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