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He should mass produce these. I'd buy a stack for myself and I bet a lot of other people would too.

by tjmaxal 16y ago

steverb 16y ago
It's neat, but I'm kinda leery about plugging random USB devices in. Lots of room to compromise security there.
- tseabrooks 16y ago
  My first thought was, "Oh neat... oh wait.. Autorun... people won't like that"... I really love the idea and would love to own some of them myself but I suspect most employers would say, "Oh it's clever... can you email us a CV also" and never plug in the card.
  - Kadin 16y ago
    Yeah; he needs to give some care to who he hands them out to. At smaller firms where the person doing the hiring has some sort of technical background, it would probably work. But at a big company where everything is going through HR people who couldn't tell a microcontroller from a hole in the ground? Probably a waste of solder. At best someone might think it's kind of neat looking, but the real cleverness will be lost. It'd be a neat thing to have around to hand to other engineers, maybe encourage them to pull some strings from the inside for you. At some companies an internal recommendation can count for a lot.
  - eli 16y ago
    Wouldn't people who don't like autorun already have it turned off?
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lkjhghjk 16y ago
I rather think the point is to show his technical ability and 'think outside the boxness'. If you just want a cute promotional item there are promotional companies that will put your name on anything from a foam gonk to a golf umbrella. We interviewed an e-eng and in the interview when we asked what have you done, he was able to pull out the world's first pocket TV (sinclair gadget from the early 80s) and say - "I designed that". Certainly an ice breaker.
wdewind 16y ago
the entire reason it's impressive is he did it himself. if you want, i'll sell you a bunch of USB drives and you can stick your resume on them too. it kind of kills the interview when the go "wow we are so impressed by this awesome business card resume circuit board!!" and you go "well actually i just ordered it from some guy"

He should mass produce these. I'd buy a stack for myself and I bet a lot of other people would too.

by tjmaxal 16y ago

He should mass produce these. I'd buy a stack for myself and I bet a lot of other people would too.

steverb 16y ago

It's neat, but I'm kinda leery about plugging random USB devices in. Lots of room to compromise security there.

tseabrooks 16y ago
My first thought was, "Oh neat... oh wait.. Autorun... people won't like that"... I really love the idea and would love to own some of them myself but I suspect most employers would say, "Oh it's clever... can you email us a CV also" and never plug in the card.
- Kadin 16y ago
  Yeah; he needs to give some care to who he hands them out to. At smaller firms where the person doing the hiring has some sort of technical background, it would probably work. But at a big company where everything is going through HR people who couldn't tell a microcontroller from a hole in the ground? Probably a waste of solder. At best someone might think it's kind of neat looking, but the real cleverness will be lost. It'd be a neat thing to have around to hand to other engineers, maybe encourage them to pull some strings from the inside for you. At some companies an internal recommendation can count for a lot.
- eli 16y ago
  Wouldn't people who don't like autorun already have it turned off?

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lkjhghjk 16y ago

I rather think the point is to show his technical ability and 'think outside the boxness'. If you just want a cute promotional item there are promotional companies that will put your name on anything from a foam gonk to a golf umbrella. We interviewed an e-eng and in the interview when we asked what have you done, he was able to pull out the world's first pocket TV (sinclair gadget from the early 80s) and say - "I designed that". Certainly an ice breaker.

wdewind 16y ago

the entire reason it's impressive is he did it himself. if you want, i'll sell you a bunch of USB drives and you can stick your resume on them too. it kind of kills the interview when the go "wow we are so impressed by this awesome business card resume circuit board!!" and you go "well actually i just ordered it from some guy"