[OT] I'm Available for Work

I wish I had real money to pay you, but if I just pace myself I can probably learn most of what I need here. :D

Act dumb, play to people's altruism, PROFIT.

Thanks guys! I'll get you a six pack of the good stuff.

Wait a sec, nevermind, it's not an act.

As a fairly recent customer I can recommend Tim W.

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I was confused for a split second until I remembered. ;-)

Though I wouldn't mind some more work too. Preferably analog. Also been doing lots of RF lately!

Tim

How would you feel if someone was trying to sell you Viagra?

As far as spam goes, at least it's on-topic-adjacent.

Let's hope the concept doesn't go viral. Most effective time to kill it is at "patient one".

In general, I would agree with you - groups like these are not a place for selling services, and the post is technically spam. Tim Wescott is not, however, "in general" - he has given an extraordinary amount of help and advice in these groups (especially in c.a.e.) over the years, freely sharing knowledge and experience that he could easily charge top consultancy rates for. If anyone has earned the "right" to make such posts, it is Tim.

But it is a risky precedence to set. Let us agree to keep such posts to a minimum and on this single on-off thread, which is easily "killed" by anyone who strongly objects, and let us hope that this does not lead to lots more "I too am available for work" posts. It is better that potential customers post asking for professional help, including valid email addresses - consultants can then email their replies.

(And Tim, /please/ don't cross-post between comp.arch.embedded and sci.electronics.design. You know fine that these two groups, and the regular members, are like chalk and cheese. I can't answer for comp.dsp as I don't follow it.)

I agree with the expressed feelings - except perhaps about the crossposting CAE-SED, at times - quite rarely, admitted - these can be useful.

Dimiter

I too am available for work! Unfortunately I am unqualified to do anything.

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I'll second the CAE-SED cross-posting. I've not hung around much on comp.ar ch.embedded but it's close enough that some of the stuff that gets discusse d here is relevant too. there.

And as long as John Larkin can advertise Highland Technology here, Tim shou ldn't feel too restricted about peddling his skills, which - as David Brown points out - are known and appreciated here.

Oh, you guys with your popular names...

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Certainly some stuff that is relevant in electronics design is relevant in embedded systems development, and vice versa. But c.a.e. is primarily a newsgroup for people interested in embedded design - that's what people discuss, and the people discussing it are mostly polite, helpful and on-topic. Almost all of the threads are related to embedded development.

s.e.d., on the other hand, has long ago generated into a sort of facebook alternative to retired or semi-retired engineers, surrounded by a sea of trolls. Electronics-related topics do come up, but they are in the minority - standard threads are about vaccine conspiracies, the "truth" about global warming, the glories of Jim T.'s grandchildren, and so on. Now, sometimes these threads might be interesting, at least until the trolls take over or the regular posters switch to pantomime mode. But it is a completely different kind of group from c.a.e. Experience has shown that when there are cross-posts between c.a.e. and s.e.d., the trolls and other unpleasant characters turn up in the otherwise mostly professional c.a.e. group.

As I said, Tim is one of the very few people I think can reasonably justify advertising on c.a.e. or s.e.d. Certainly Larkin's adverts have no place in c.a.e. (except as a signature in a technical post, where topical adverts are always reasonable). As for Larkin's adverts on s.e.d. - well, they are certainly more technical than the average thread here.

According to Wolfram Alpha, the popularity of the name "Tim" peaked in 1960...

Where as the popularity of Spehro continues to grow. :^)

George H.

If a regular contributor here needs some work, there's nothing wrong with posting that fact. Might help someone else out, in fact.

If anything comes up, where we could use some help, I'll certainly contact him.

I have worked with, and paid, a couple of SED contacts. That's what sensible people do, help one another.

Adverts? Where? I link to some of my designs when it's on-topic. And post real-product schematics when it's relevant, free to use if they might help anyone. I certainly don't expect SED lurkers to buy my stuff; they couldn't afford it.

I wish more people here would show actual things they've designed. Too many ask general, incomplete questions and are paranoid about saying what they are actually doing. Many won't even reveal their actual names.

Of course, my "Lunatic Fringe Electronics" sigfile unfairly exploits the wealthy-and-insane-customer market segment.

There is value in knowing that.

Right, maybe it won't be forever. :)

Well, I don't think it's declined.

For once I agree with you, Bill. I've had much useful advice from Tim here on and off over the last 17 years, so good luck to him and I hope he gets taken on as quickly as he deserves to be.