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Originally Posted by anushad
When my sports coach asked me to commit to either my sport or to robotics, the breaking point for me was that it was not possible for me to go pro in sports, but I do plan on going pro in robotics.
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To take this even wider, for an FRC team member to "take it pro" doesn't necessarily mean that his/her job title will be "roboticist". It could be any of the following, and probably a lot more besides:
- Roboticist
- Mechanical Engineer (Technician)
- Electrical Engineer (Technician)
- Pneumatics Engineer (Technician)
- Software Engineer (Technician)
- Systems Engineer (Technician)
- Materials Engineer (Scientist) (Technician)
- Machinist
- Welder
- Physicist
- Programmer
- Mathematician (including statistician)
- Sales
- Marketing
- Advertising
- Project planner/manager
- Administrator
- Executive agent
- Administrative Assistant
And OBTW, Veronica (my daughter) is planning to become an ASL (American Sign Language) signer and possibly teacher. As she pursues this career, I am certain that she will exercise skills she learned or developed while competing on FRC 3946.
Everyone can turn pro from FRC, even if [s]he chooses a non-STEM career path.