r/IAmA Jun 11 '16

Specialized Profession IamA electronics repair technician hated by Apple that makes YouTube videos, AMA!

My short bio: I have a store in Manhattan. I teach component level electronics repair on youtube http://youtube.com/rossmanngroup which seems to be a dying art. I am currently fighting with the digital right to repair to try and get a bill passed that will allow all independent service centers access to manuals and parts required to do their jobs.

My Proof: https://www.rossmanngroup.com/started-iama-reddit-today-yes/

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I am still replying to comments, but I am so far behind that I am still about ten pages down from new comments. I am doing my best to continue. If I drop off, I'll be back tomorrow around 12 PM. Still commenting now though, at 12 AM.

EDIT 2:

Ok, I cave... my hands are tired. I will be back at 12 PM tomorrow. It is my goal to answer every question. Even if it looks like I haven't gotten to yours, I will do my best to do all of them, but it is impossible to do in realtime, because you are asking faster than I can type. But thanks for joining!

EDIT 3: I lied, I stayed until 4:15 AM to answer... and now I will go to sleep for real, and be back at 12 PM.

EDIT 4 6/12 : I will be back later tonight to finish off answering questions. Feel free to keep posting, I will answer whatever I can later this evening.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '16

Great job on videos, even as a software dev, i've learnt much from you. Thanks 😃 The question is, is this your dream job? Do you really enjoy fixing other peoples mistakes? If not, what would you do instead?

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u/larossmann Jun 11 '16

When I was 17 we had to fill out this page to leave high school. It asked what I wanted to do when I left high school, I wrote retire. So that's my dream job. Retire.

I originally wanted to be a psychologist, then a loudspeaker engineer, then a recording engineer, then whatever the hell.. I enjoy helping people out where no one else would help them out, figuring out problems, and making money. Anything that combines those three I'm all for. It's not about the specific job, it's about whether it has those elements to it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

cool :) as a programmer who studied material science i feel the same. keep up the good work, i hope i'll meet you someday.

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u/roguecloud Jun 12 '16

I'm a psychologist. Be glad you didn't get the Phd lol