[P.J.]

I agree with what the previous three posters said. I was in FIRST for four years as a student, last year I began to volunteer at events, and this year I'll be volunteering and mentoring my old team. But I'm majoring in History and English hoping to become a high school teacher.

I was never really good at the robot side of things, but at the "other" half of FIRST. But I think that's the really good thing about FIRST. Even though it is an engineering competition at its core, there are skills there that can be applied to practically any field someone could study. Personally, my experience on the team helped me to become outgoing and better at interacting with people, while it also showed me that teaching others is really what I'm good at and love doing.

So no, FIRST doesn't only make engineers. At least one