[ale] Prelancing oportunities?

[Mike Thornton]

Prelancing is described by some as 'pre-compensation freelancing'. AKA 
working for free.
Or as the great philosopher Ashton Kutcher said :
"Volunteering, when we really break it down is working for free. I'm 
thinking I have to go tell people to get excited and go work and not get 
any money..."

I have several reasons for wanting to Prelance.
         I am attempting to re-entered the work force after a prolonged 
absence.
         I'd like to build some current reference, since my old ones 
have grown stale or vanished.
         It's what your _/doing /_that counts. Many positions 
understandably filter the past by focusing on the current need.
         My 25 years of experience with hardware/firmware/software can 
be better demonstrated than described.
         Having been on the hiring side of the desk, I came to believe 
'try before you buy" is the closest you get to a sure thing.



A very short history.  My career has always been close to the hardware 
and mostly at start-up companies where I wore many hats..  I have 
designed/debugged/integrated fault tolerant board level products, point 
to point real time networks, telecom test equipment, DC motor 
controllers,.  As a member of start-up teams I used a varied 
os/script/language to write device drivers, product test apps, and 
hardware simulation code.

I would prefer to work on projects which would result in a professional 
reference, but I am open to pro bono activities.
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