Yes, but not totally.  I got my first internship based on enthusiasm and
some of the home projects I was working on.  Tinkering isn't a waste of
time.  I had many classmates that thought the hours spent in  EE lab were
unproductive; I didn't think they were enough, so I supplimented them with
other projects.  The fact that you enjoy doing this kind of work enough to
pursue it in leasure hours can go a long way to this "proof".
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From: "Jai Dhar" <jdhar@ENGMAIL.UWATERLOO.CA>
> These are things that for the most part, you can't prove until you are
actually
> hired ;-) This seems to be the problem in the first case, heh.

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