Sad life story article - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 03:47:37 am
content: http://www.edaboard.co.uk/electronics-how-to-ruin-a-good-hobby-a-story-with-no-mor-t51745.htmlAn excellent article that I thought that should be shared. Its an excellent read.

author: dimlow
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 04:14:35 am
content: I would not say that was a sad life story. That guy ended up with a wife half his age.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 06:01:12 am
content: All I got from his story was that he wasn't very good at electronics and had a mid life career change.Been there, done that.The drugs just show his inability to cope with his own shortcomings.

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 06:08:09 am
content: Quote from: GeoffS on April 09, 2013, 06:01:12 am+1 and kinda pathetic & boring ..

author: StevenB
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 01:41:19 pm
content: Quote from: smashedProton on April 09, 2013, 03:47:37 amI've read a lot of write-ups lately of the "how did I get here" variety. The helpless tone of it is irritating.I found the responses to be a better read.This response was definitely a gem:QuoteEveryone would be much happier if this advice was heeded.

author: smashedProton
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 02:32:15 pm
content: Terrible at electronics? What would you suggest that I do to learn from him? His childhood is pretty identical to mine. I just have the internet and a scope

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 03:21:58 pm
content: Quote from: smashedProton on April 09, 2013, 02:32:15 pmDon't write like him? Seriously, the world is better off with fewer people writing this long-winded, whiny tripe.

author: ResR
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 03:45:20 pm
content: Hmm... That's true. Also I never take electronics as a profession, it's a hobby and I'm intending to keep it that way.I'm an electrician as a profession, much more stable._

author: Nirios
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 04:12:53 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on April 09, 2013, 03:21:58 pm+1, and wish he would have putQuoteat the top so I would not have wasted my time reading that mess. Maybe I'm just odd, but as I get older I feel more knowledgeable with the experience but also hoping I can learn/experience everything I would like to before I croak off. There is just so much and so little time.I was the same when I was 12-14, running a dialup BBS on Fidonet instead of hanging out with friends. I feel I am better because of it. I am a network engineer by profession, and keep both programming and electronics as hobbies. I enjoy both and would not want the fun sucked out of either by the pressures of some pointy haired boss or trying to compete with the lowest bidder.

author: ee851
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 10:10:22 pm
content: ". . . good ideas or hard work don't amount to shit when you're up against salesmen and spin doctors, and so my disillusionment grew. . . . ."Well, we're all up against the Wall - the hard laws of supply anddemand. These two laws mold our lives invisibly to meet thedemands of other humans. Funny how some people adapt more flexibly to these two laws than do others.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 09, 2013, 10:49:39 pm
content: Quote from: ee851 on April 09, 2013, 10:10:22 pmI gave up when I saw this line.Whiny little shit: "I'm just so full of good ideas and work ethic, but the world doesn't care."Translation: "I haven't done a notable thing in my life and think I'm awesome, and the world owes me respect."Wish these people would just stick to sad poetry, it's easier to avoid.

author: ftransform
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 10, 2013, 03:58:31 am
content: wow someone in this thread has something to prove loli cbf to read that article but the responses in this thread seem like some people here were raised in a 1950's style nuclear family with a overbearing father that had little emotion

author: Randall W. Lott
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2013, 05:18:50 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on April 09, 2013, 10:49:39 pmThat's exactly right.

author: mrflibble
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 16, 2013, 05:57:01 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on April 09, 2013, 10:49:39 pmConclusion: *ignore whiny little shit*Some of the responses were interesting though.