Another New Guy
I have been in the satellite business for over 35 years. C-band and then I was the first Direct and then Dish dealer in the midwest. I listened to all the promises of great pay, programming revenues and great support, only to watch it all go away bit by bit. I have watched a few companies, like DSI, take over all aspects from programming to equipment while padding their own pockets and taking money awy from us.
I have seen our industry be taken over by groups of hacks who have little skills and use junk tools and equipment that get paid the same as those of us that do great work and have pride in how we do it. I have been on jobs fixing installs that some of these hacks got paid full prie for while I only got paid a service call for basically redooing the whole job.
Then I joined several of these groups that promised to help provide information and help to only see constant bickering and fighting and a couple of members dominating the posts. I have seen a site started by one person where he claimed to offer reviews of companies that ended up being a place where the business being rated can rate themselves and others can be slammed without proof for no reason other than they disagreed with someone else.
I guess my point is, please do not turn this into another one of those sites. Be fair in your comments, don't call people names, do post things that help the industry and not slam Bush or Clinton.
I would hope that I could help others with knowledge I have learned and others can help me, but please leave your egos behind.
Thanks for letting me rant.
to SatelliteGuys and thanks for stopping by. I'm sure you'll find the site has a lot to offer.
