<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>RoadTests Are For All Skill Levels: Pick The One That Fits You Best</title><link>/products/roadtest/b/blog/posts/roadtests-are-for-all-skill-levels-pick-the-one-that-fits-you-best</link><description>I call a roadtest &amp;quot;a product review.&amp;quot; That&amp;#39;s how I describe it when I speak with our sponsors. And that&amp;#39;s what the roadtest sponsors want: someone who can take a look at their product, experiment with it, and then write about those experiences and ma</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: RoadTests Are For All Skill Levels: Pick The One That Fits You Best</title><link>https://community.element14.com/products/roadtest/b/blog/posts/roadtests-are-for-all-skill-levels-pick-the-one-that-fits-you-best</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2020 01:47:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:80ff356a-cc04-4eb7-b989-88f7323ec0d3</guid><dc:creator>jkutzsch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;[mention:55e535b498a841ed8f2949266bc56dc3:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05]&lt;/span&gt; I think the RoadTest program you put on is an incredible opportunity for the E14 community.&amp;nbsp; Both to be a person who does a review and for the people who get to read the reviews later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While certain products I definitely feel comfortable with it is items such as your example, &lt;a class="jive-link-roadTest" href="https://www.element14.com/community/roadTests/2237/l/intel-neural-compute-stick-2"&gt;Intel Neural Compute Stick 2&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; which can seriously tweak my interests at time in regards to learning about a new product and stepping into a new area.&amp;nbsp; Looking at examples and seeing how it has already been implemented can make me go out and research a whole new area that I had never thought of before and expand my experience as well bring a new set of eyes to a product!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The parts that have me made hesitate previously in submitting have been not knowing fully what might be in a review kit that would be coming (take for example the latest Camera where everyone thought no lenses would be included but you made magic happen and they came for the reviewers).&amp;nbsp; Wanting to be responsible an provide as complete and educational review as possible can sometimes make me not submit, where as the best plan would be to submit and make mention of my concerns, this is what I plan on working with in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you keeping this program rolling!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=10275&amp;AppID=14&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>