• Tom Bakerman (4/18/2014)


    I would tell newcomers: Don't be afraid to ask for help. I've seen too many people (especially new graduates) struggling for what turned out to be days because they wouldn't ask somebody to help them.

    I agree. No one knows everything, but everyone knows something. It's more about team work and pooling resources together rather than being a one man/woman show. Don't get me wrong though, do what you love and be good at it; just don't forget your team. These are going to be people that you see nearly everyday and interact with a lot throughout your career and their areas of expertise will probably be a lot different than your own; teammates are valuable resources and building on those relationships can better yourself and others.

    Now explaining that to kids, that's a tough one. I try explaining what I do to my own and most of the time I think that they think I run the company or something close to that...it's hard to say at times. :ermm: My son is a 5-year-old gamer. He knows how to use a computer because of games. He knows how to go in and set up configs and settings to the way he wants them to be for his style of play. I'd hit on video games definitely to peak an interest. My daughter is all about social media though; I'm pretty sure that there are blogs, facebook groups, twitter feeds, etc...etc... dedicated to how cool technology is and how cool it would be to make it yourself. Give them some stuff to follow and research on their own; if they're interested, they'll continue looking.



    Everything is awesome!