Apply to be part of the Beta Consulting Course

TL;DR: We are offering a new course on Contextual Electronics about how to “go pro” as a technical design consultant. Apply below to be part of the early access program.

How To Create Electronics For A Living

There are a few different paths towards creating electronics for a living:

Get recruited by a company out of a university
Get hired into a company as a technician and work your way up to creating electronics
Design your own electronics to create and sell
Work as a contractor or consultant and design electronics to a customer’s specification

Many people join Contextual Electronics wanting to learn how to build electronics. They want to build devices for personal enjoyment or to solve a problem they have in their life. For instance, one of our members built a monitoring system for a friend’s farm, testing whether the fences were operational. The member was able to learn the underlying technology and enjoyed doing that, while also helping his friend create a valuable device for their business.

Technical knowledge has value

As the above example shows, CE members create things that have very real value in the world. Some members decide to manufacture products and sell them to others. But what about members who don’t want to take on manufacturing or sales piece of creating a product? It’s possible to offer design services for money. This is a very natural conclusion for people looking to build hardware full time. As Chris explains in the video below, there are many other considerations when getting started as a technical consultant.

Video Introduction

Why “Technical Consulting”? Why not just electronics?

This course is broader than just electronics, because the knowledge is for anyone looking to build a technical consultant business. This might include software, mechnical, civil engineers.