[Martinez]

Originally Posted by Madison

In some cases, I found that I enjoyed FIRST more than my job and so I wasn't as engaged in my paying work. That's bad; don't let that happen. Sometimes my employers were understanding, sometimes they weren't. My last job as a mechanical design engineer ended in October 2011 when I was laid off (for the fifth time in my short career) from a company I quite liked.

Madison, How did you recover?

For me the major motivator is mission and vision. That's the big reason I fell in love with FIRST. At Lockheed it was easy. I'm a Military Brat and it was a honor to serve POTUS. But here...