How I Started in Electronics (& how you shouldn't)

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From a retired electrical engineer and former electronic circuit designer: Excellent video!! Especially about using breadboards, learning to read schematics, and using data sheets! Those are the key first steps. I started out using 555 timers, too. They are very handy for experimenting with logic circuits. Excellent introduction!

If you start, as a youth, teaching yourself electronics you will be miles ahead of the competition for the rest of your life. It's never to early to learn! I too started learning electronics by tearing into radios people had thrown out before I was a teenager. I made a secure and interesting career in electronics and now at age 81 I keep my tools and test equipment to do practically anything, but mostly I repair antique radio and hi-fi equipment for fun.

I’m a 62 year old retired carpenter who studied electronics around 1982. Chose carpentry to make living but now I want to pick up where I left off in electronics. Saw your video and I am in.

Just getting into electronics after messing about with Arduino for years. Bit of a top down approach, but much easier than starting from scratch. Had projects that worked, now finding out the lower level nuts and bolts. Bit like studying grammar after you learn the language. Thanks for really helpful video.

I've been working with electronics for about 30 years, and I started with these kits as well. This is one of the most honest videos on getting started. Thank you!

You have tapped into a viable niche. Your intro at the beginning of the video about not needing college courses is encouraging to the growing population of self teaching enthusiasts. I wish you success in expanding your YouTube reach. I am subscribed and hope that you will stay true to the objective you laid out.

Yes, I think you would find many people do not know what they are looking for because they don't know what to ask. Therefore, developing something that would help a beginner (like me) would be incredibly useful and favored over time.

i started electronics in mr. pettibone’s ap physics class. he taught me everything i know

You got a good point. Keep up the good work 👍

I have an Associates degree and a BSEET in Electronics. I regret that I never used most of my Electronics knowledge and pursued a career in firmware and software. Now, I design microcontroller circuit boards and I write firmware and software to bring my creations to life. I am much happier designing and building prototype circuits in a lab.

This has been exactly the path that I followed and after studying electronic engineering I stand out above my peers. Very good tips!

thank-you for your video. This motivates me because I have always loved electronics and I love working with my hands. This was informative.

Started the same way in the mid 70's. Something like a 75 in 1 electronics kit. Looking back on that kit now it was very good at the projects that it had. I also took a lot of things apart, like model trains, radios etc. Good a taking them apart and testing how they worked, not so good at putting them back together, as my father would attest to, but he had no problem doing everything that he could do to send me to Engineering School.

Back in 89, My brother got a kit. This thing had Everything in it. Fighting all the time over it. That kit offered a lot more than now. We got books in the mail through the subscription that came with it. I too want to develop a kit, or even a store like RadioShack. Everyone in small town America, forced to ordering from amazon or driving a couple hours for common components. It makes me sick. Anyhow, keep the good spirits. God gives us everything we need, when we need it. It IS up to Me to use what He Provides. There is no better feeling, taking two things that don’t match, and make something “outside the box” and it works. No Higher Feeling of Success. Keep up Friend. God Bless.

that radioshack kit really looks incredible and massively educational! i would DEFINITELY buy an electronics kit from you especially with that impressive thing as your inspiration! getting into electronics still as a noob, the whole "every kit includes arduino" thing had me really confused for awhile actually... i didnt understand why i needed that. thanks for going over these few things, they were more helpful to me than you might think

I honnestly dont do electronics, nor im interested in it, just not my field. but seeing you being so cheered up about teaching it and explaining your past mistakes makes me happy :)

Great Video! I just started playing around and learning programming an Arduino for a self-made flipper project we do in school. Now I want to go deeper into the basics of electronics, because not only do I find it interesting it can be also beneficial for my apprenticeship I do rn. Glad that I found your channel and that your kit launches soon, so I can get a good beginners-set!

Well done! When I got started, I asked a lot of questions of my Dad. He answered what he could, but I soon discovered that Dad didn't know everything. ;-) Right after I got to that point, he came home with a book or two, authored by Forrest Mims III, the same guy who wrote the book you just flipped through. He is good at explaining so much for beginners -- if I remember correctly, he was self-taught, too, so that's the best perspective to have when starting. You've done a great job, and I hope your videos inspire many more people to learn basic electronics.

Just ordered, super excited for both myself and my kids.