Question for Tom

[Evil Emperor]

When you are looking of someone to join you R&D team what kind of qualifications are you looking for? I'm not asking this so I can work at AGD, I'm asking this so I know what courses to take in college.

[cphilip]

Not a Beep Blue subject. Moving this to Main Forum.

[Evil Emperor]

Ahh but you are wrong. The Deep Blue forum is a place in which highly technical things are to be discussed. I'm asking Tom what kinds of qualifications are needed to develop paintball markers/products. Please move this back.

[Cha0tic]

this is a question for Tom about qualifications for developing paintball products. this belongs in the main forum.

DB is a place where we discuss and debate the more technical topics of paintball.

BTW- the question you asked has been answered before, try doing a search

[Evil Emperor]

Thanks I'll do that.

[shartley]

Ahh but you are wrong. The Deep Blue forum is a place in which highly technical things are to be discussed. I'm asking Tom what kinds of qualifications are needed to develop paintball markers/products. Please move this back.

[cphilip]

Judgement call. But mine to make. We can argue all day. If I go with your argument then I would ask you to look at the other thread already there about this kind of thing and I might be tempted to merge this one into it. I assume you read it? This one: http://www.automags.org/forums/showt...threadid=22145 And then still you posted one about near the same subject (i.e. what to take in college to become a paintball designer etc.) and you directed yours only to Tom was about the main difference. So I could have just merged it couldn't I? Maybe.... By the way if it wasn't already passed on by others I would have moved that one too.... But instead I did you the favor of moving it to main for wider responses. I will stick with my initial decision.

[cphilip]

Oh sorry...too slow...thanks for getting my back you guys!

[Evil Emperor]

Thanks guys for helping me understand my mistake.

In the other post I didn't see anything about electronics. I'm currently taking a course taught by a man that travels all over the world for the company that he works for. I think if a major in that I will have a better chance of getting into the industry.

[cphilip]

Elctrical sounds like a good fit. But Computer Engineering even? Hydralics and Pnematics whatever that Engineering field is in. I say Computer Engineering might surely have a lot of plus for career field advancement outside and inside Paintball world. If you like I can hook you up with one of our Computer Engineering Profs here at Clemson University who also plays Paintball for some one on one chat on it.

[Evil Emperor]

That would be very cool if you would give e-mail/IM name. But it will be several years before I start going to college cuz I'm only 15.

[cphilip]

Not too early to start planning. Introduce yourself and be brief and polite ok?

PM on the way.

[BlackVCG]

Read these two threads. They'll give you some insight as to what you're looking towards.

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=144

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21669

[Evil Emperor]

Thanks for those links, BlackVCG.

cphilip, when I got his PM I'll just ask him about Computer Engineering, ect.
Well thanks guys youve all been a really helpful.