I have never soldered intentionally. I did once manage to weld a motherboard to its chassis through improper grounding... lots of smoke and terrified screams later, I decided to go into software instead...
As a child of the 90s, I think I just barely missed that awesome era of RadioShaq catalogs and fun DIY electronics kits that I only read about online, yet was born before things like SnapCircuits were invented to reinvigorate that niche. Caught in that dry spell of the 90s/early 2000s, when hardware seemed pretty stagnant while the Web was just getting started.
By the time hardware was cool again, I was too old/busy to seriously look into it. Arduinos, robots, etc. always seemed kinda cool to me, but it seemed like there was no point in learning that when anything I wanted to make could already be bought from China for $5...
If I had more time or money, it would definitely be a cool hobby to pick up. But I don't :)
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I have never soldered intentionally. I did once manage to weld a motherboard to its chassis through improper grounding... lots of smoke and terrified screams later, I decided to go into software instead...
As a child of the 90s, I think I just barely missed that awesome era of RadioShaq catalogs and fun DIY electronics kits that I only read about online, yet was born before things like SnapCircuits were invented to reinvigorate that niche. Caught in that dry spell of the 90s/early 2000s, when hardware seemed pretty stagnant while the Web was just getting started.
By the time hardware was cool again, I was too old/busy to seriously look into it. Arduinos, robots, etc. always seemed kinda cool to me, but it seemed like there was no point in learning that when anything I wanted to make could already be bought from China for $5...
If I had more time or money, it would definitely be a cool hobby to pick up. But I don't :)