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purplehaze357
20-04-2002, 10:28
how many people have become inspired to become engineers?
Melissa Nute
20-04-2002, 15:29
I want to be an engineer, but I wanted to be that even before I joined robotics.
Amy Beth
20-04-2002, 15:39
I have a feeling that i'm going to be in the minority on this poll, but here goes anyway. I love FIRST. It has inspired me to do many things that i never would have tried otherwise. However, becoming an engineer is not one of them.
157#1Driver
20-04-2002, 15:42
Before getting into FIRST, I was all for being a firefighter cause it's a family thing. After 3 yrs of being with first, I'm proud to say that I am going to be attending college next year majoring in mechanical engineering. FIRST, to me, is life.
purplehaze357
20-04-2002, 18:05
i guess ill throw in my story now...before i was involved with FIRST a little over two years ago (this being the third) i didnt know what i wanted to do...but now i have changed my mind and am torn between engineering and becoming a laywer...yea i know two jobs on opposite sides of the spectrum....FIRST has changed things....i dunno though
Kristina
20-04-2002, 18:18
Although I have my heart set on being a lawyer when I'm older, I think I've been "inspired" in other ways by first. To doctor up on my lawyer skills, I was incharge of making sure our team followed all the rules and incase a judge were to DQ our extendor, I was ready to fight it with my annotated manual. I also learned so much about business and management, its unbelievable.
Katie Reynolds
20-04-2002, 20:33
Before joining FIRST last year, I had no idea what I wanted to do. Now I know that I want to go into electrical engineering. I was inspired by joining FIRST, and by the awesome mentors on our team (especially the electrical guy, Rich. Thank you!!) :) That's my story!

- Katie
Greg McCoy
21-04-2002, 16:18
Yep, I want to be an engineer - the hard part for me is what kind! Mechanical, electrical, aerospace...they're all cool to me! :)
Matt Attallah
21-04-2002, 16:20
Originally posted by Yearbook50
I want to be an engineer, but I wanted to be that even before I joined robotics.

Same applies here. I want to be an automotive electercial engineer. (try saying that 3 times fast...)
Greg McCoy
22-04-2002, 12:43
I think being an avation electronics engineer would be very cool, but I bet there aren't many openings for that specific of a field.
HotWheels2002
22-04-2002, 22:11
I'm going to University of Maryland next year for the only accredited undergraduate Fire Protection Engineering major in the country. It's a hot field (haha) with a lot of demand for graduates. Each year at University of Maryland, they get about 400 job offers for FPE graduates, which is about equal to 16 years of graduating Fire Protection majors.
thedillybar
29-04-2002, 00:43
FIRST has taught me I want to become an engineer just like my English class has taught me that I want nothing to do with an English major. What a great combination!
Melancholy
11-05-2002, 18:42
When I grow up, I wanna build robots. I'm going to SUNY Stony Brook to be a computer engineer and I'll do that until I'm rich. Then I'm just gonna build myself a bunch of robots to play with. ;)
Pengiun Joe
12-05-2002, 00:22
Will I be an engineer? well, kind of. I plan on going through ROTC and becoming an officer in the USAF. But I am going to major in aerospace engineering. So even though I won't really work as an engineer I'll have the education.
DarkRedDragon
08-01-2003, 20:19
Engineering runs in my family. I love to do math, i like to do science, and i love social studies. Its an odd combo, but i plan to become an officer in the USAF then go into aerospace, i love to designs things that you actualy see how changing a value or altering an angle will effect something. Because of FIRST i can start applying what i know to robotics, it has now become something that i will pour all my time into. Heck, im gonna try to take some CAD classes during the summer!
D.J. Fluck
08-01-2003, 20:46
Heh before HS I wanted to be a lawyer, but why the heck would I want to spend an aditional 8 years in school and become a no fun and a stiff? :D

By the end of my MSOE summer camp in 2001, I knew I wanted to go into Electrical Engineering (I almost leaned towards Mechanical as a sophomore). Oh and Im going to MSOE also ;)
Katie Reynolds
08-01-2003, 20:50
Originally posted by D.J. Fluck
Heh before HS I wanted to be a lawyer, but why the heck would I want to spend an aditional 8 years in school and become a no fun and a stiff? :D

You mean you aren't already no fun and a stiff? ;)

- Katie
D.J. Fluck
08-01-2003, 21:04
Originally posted by Katie Reynolds
You mean you aren't already no fun and a stiff? ;)

- Katie

*shakes fist*
DarkRedDragon
08-01-2003, 21:07
no need to fight, just go play some computer game that lets you kick each others arse without anyone getting hurt. Either that or wait untill the comps and you might meet each other!
D.J. Fluck
08-01-2003, 21:11
Originally posted by DarkRedDragon
no need to fight, just go play some computer game that lets you kick each others arse without anyone getting hurt. Either that or wait untill the comps and you might meet each other!

Heh, I think we have met before :D
Jacqui Sutton
08-01-2003, 21:11
im torn between engineering and med school.. for me it's all going to come down to location...i got accepted into w&m, so obviously if i go there i'll be choosing the med school route.. but i've been thinking about studying in australia and if i do that then I may end up in a chemical or civil engineering field..
DarkRedDragon
08-01-2003, 21:13
hmmm... i dont think so, i a, a newb, maybe ill meet you this year! do you play warcraft 3 by any chance?
Kristina
08-01-2003, 21:42
Originally posted by D.J. Fluck
Heh before HS I wanted to be a lawyer, but why the heck would I want to spend an aditional 8 years in school and become a no fun and a stiff? :D


Hey hey hey, not all lawyers are no fun and stiff! Let's not bag on my future profession (at least I hope so, crossing my fingers), do you know how many lawyer jokes I already get?
DarkRedDragon
08-01-2003, 21:47
lol you do know what the statistics are for lawyers in the US right? as i check last time, it was 2 lawyers per family! We dont need anymore lawyers, but we do need competiant CEO's...
FAKrogoth
10-01-2003, 13:59
In my family, engineering and computer-nerd-ism is a sex-linked trait. All of the males in my paternal family are either engineers or CSers. I've wanted to be an engineer since I was in Mathcounts in '99 (placed 157th! \/\/007!1). Then, this past summer, I was introduced to electrical engineering at Rose-Hulman. I'm hooked.

However, I'm similarly stuck on physics, thanks to the Richard Feynman Freshman Lectures. (of which I have the complete set! \/\/007!1) Thus, I intend to double major and increase my desirability.
Dush
05-02-2003, 10:34
I AlwAYz WanTeD to B a EgiNEer,EvEN b4 I EvEr HearD Of THe FIRST
Billius
01-03-2003, 15:30
I'm not terribly sure about any clear career path. I love the first program and have always done well in my science classes, but I suck at math. My math classes have, without a doubt, been the most frustrating classes I've ever taken. That's the bad news. The good new is that I do well in just about everything else. So as of now, I am considering the following careers (in no particular order):

Software Engineer
Electrical Engineer
General Surgeon
Pathologist
Journalist
English Teacher (teaching it as a foreign language in another country)

Yup, I'm really confused
Amy Lynn
03-03-2003, 20:21
Hmm this past year i've been pondering the idea, esp with having to apply to schools next year, There are soo many options, which field i'd be interested in even if i decided to go into engineering.... I think i've narrowed it down to engineering or art now...... Maybe i will incoprorate both!? :rolleyes:
Forsaken85
03-03-2003, 21:52
Before joining i wanted to be a naturalist but now i can do both. I wanted to study different animals . I want to become an engineer and start my own business. It will create veichels for scientists who will be working in the field or in the oceans or space or what ever. So if anyone wants to join meet me in like 8 years and lets get started. Good luck to all and peace out.
Fredo
23-03-2003, 17:47
Ever since I was little, I always liked cars. If someone happened to rip all the brand and name tags off the cars in a Wal-mart parking lot, I could tell you what kind of car it is still.

I always wanted to be an automotive designer, but I never really knew about the detailed mecanicals within cars. I like to draw them. I have made hundreds of drawing of current and past models, as well as make up some of my own. However, I could not find any basis for this type of class for the career I want to pursue.......
J2Kraatz
29-03-2003, 09:11
When I am completely graduated i plan to come back and be an engineer for team 1037. The team I work for now.
Pin Man
29-03-2003, 22:42
I don't think being an engineer is right for me... I want to go into business and still be involved with FIRST...
MissAbi
29-03-2003, 22:58
I plan on studying mech. engineering in undergrad, but I'm moving on to dentistry for grad school. Eventually, I'll be an orthodontist (that's kinda like an engineer). Plus, I'm working one weekend a month on C-130 avionics with the Michigan Air National Guard.
Jupee
05-04-2003, 10:28
Yep, I want to become an engineer b/c engineering rules!;)
BlueOrion
29-07-2003, 17:02
Well, if life goes as I wish it to, which we all know it WON'T, I want to be an engineer...the infamous question though is what kind??? Mechanical, electrical, chemical, aerospace, civil, environmental, architectural, computer...the list goes on. I guess my choices are environmental, aerospace, and mechanical. Hell, if it lets me have fun with robots, its perfect. Whether I become an engineer or not (all dependent on money and scholarships) I will definitely be in the field of science and I will always have a thing for building things that can run autonomously.