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Ask HN: Any HN readers want to share what their Eagle Scout project was?
Inspired by the post about the Entrepreneur Badge, I'd like to see what other HN readers did for their project.
- derwiki 17y agoI got my Eagle around 2000 when a bunch of local companies were tossing their old computers because of Y2K. I led a group of scouts and students to refurbish them and give them to the local schools. We got about 50 computers placed, ranging from 386s up to a rare few P2-266s. Most of them were internet ready (at least that was the goal) but we're pretty bare other than that. I can't remember for sure, but I think they all went to classrooms that didn't have computers newer than Apple IIs (including my preschool, where I first used a computer). In retrospect, I learned a lot about managing a project -- more than anything else I could imagine doing at 15, short of starting a company.