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I publish mine in a blog post at the time I submit them.

Where am I on the list?

I'd really think twice about submitting a proposal if it were to be publicised - I wouldn't accept that with my commercial proposals, and not just for the pricing element, but for all the thinking through the process, the approach, the risks, etc, and to an extent I do the same with a readiest. It wouldn't be as commercially sensitive, of course...

I agree with the sentiment, getting some feedback would be great (as with proposals I submit but don't win....), but it's a lot to ask I think. Randall and Pauline have done a good job posting guidance, and Jan's blogs are a good insight too.

Maybe more of a conversation between the selected roadtesters and Randall or the sponsoring organisation would help, and then the Roadtesters could voluntarily publish some of what were highlighted as key aspects of their proposals in the review? I'd be happy to do that.

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But in truth, sometimes it's nothing you did wrong per-se, just that there's a limited number of X and that someone else had something to offer which you might not have. Or maybe a commercially motivated "I prefer their approach to yours". But since every RoadTest is a little different as the company sponsoring may be different, there's no one size fits all. As long as the proposal is decent by Randall's guidelines, you're in with a fighting chance.

That's why I suspect that feedback wouldn't be that useful (or a possibility due to the time constraint). Sometimes some of these decisionmaking processes can't be "aired" in the open because of the element of strategy that may be involved. Sometimes, winning is about guessing what that strategy might be ...

- Gough

Correctly pointed, Mark.

I was just wondering, How can you apply for something you want to learn while doing Roadtest, Something like FPGA's for me; And convince that you can do the roadtest.

As you yourself would be going through an extensive Learning Curve !!

Regards,

GS Gill

fully agree!

My personal feeling is that it really depends on the particular product and company whether this is an approach they value.

If they want to know how the product is being perceived by someone without much experience in the area, then they might choose an application which reflects this. But other times, they're probably interested in someone who can show off what the product can do or push it to the limits - then it doesn't make as much sense to choose someone who is "learning" about the product as the learning curve might just be too steep (resulting in those reviews which "give up" because an example wouldn't build and had some error message). That would be a risk to the company as it might make the product look bad, but also they're out of pocket with a potentially expensive product sent to a "learner" who couldn't overcome a barrier.

So I think the answer is that - for some products, if you don't have the experience already, it might not make sense for them to choose you. Likewise, in that case, it probably makes sense to learn some on your own if you can or choose RoadTests where this may be more valuable (e.g. very fresh products targeted at beginners) to build up knowledge and experience first.

- Gough

Hidden in the noise with 2 reviews by the "RoadTest" type scrape metric I suspect ...

Hahaha ... I think the STOP sign Is iconic and will indeed push the applicant to stop and read the warning.  May be an "!" Sign will go the trick

//Guri

I was myself curious to see an reflection on what contributions and failures I have.

So Here it is,

I am road testing since dec 2013

And I have applied for 26 Roadtests. 

I have been successful on 15 Roadtests.

I have successfully completed 12 Roadtests and I am currently working on 1, out of 15.

My most of the road tests are of Development boards, and IoT Kits. And I have never won an Expensive Roadtest most of them were below 100$.

I had taken a break from 2016 to 2017 as I was on continuous move that year and was not in a position to do road tests.

In past year 2017-2018 I have applied for 10 Roadtests and was selected for 7 Roadtests out of which I have reviewed 6 Successfully and One is under Review [So happy to complete all of the reviews ]

In terms of design challenges, I have applied for 2 Design challenges and was selected for 1; for which I got an finishers prize

So, Whatever interests me as tech enthusiast and I am pretty sure I can accomplish I do apply.

Finally I do think My credibility has improved, but moreover it is based not only on the Reviews but the value I think I contribute. That I think may be a good way to get acceptance and gain credibility with the community.

Regards,

GS GILL

P.S> Some times it gets really challenging and Difficult to complete an successful roadtest on the community. And for this reason I would like to thank the Roadtest Program Manager rscasny and He tries to understand and accommodate