[ThaddeusMaximus]

Another RHIT Student here. Going into the second of three-four years of college soon.

FIRSTly... Let me just say FIRST and living on a farm make mechanical engineering come second hand. And let you know of so many seemingly simple things that blow your friends' minds (whoa, that's how roller chain works? You mean motors don't provide the same torque at all speeds? Whaddayamean you've been welding since you were ten? Voltage drop is a thing? Mutual inductance happens? How do you know ten programming languages? HOLY **** THAT IMPACT DRIVER IS LOUD)

I've been getting heavily involved in Formula SAE. In some regards it's more fun than FIRST (Longer build span means more interesting and detailed parts, more room for optimization and validation, and heat, vibration, and noise are serious issues you don't encounter in FIRST)... but in other regards it's a little less (there's a lot of room for creative solutions/optimizations, but the end goal remains constant). There should be a link in my description with what I've been up to...

Student design competitions at a college level are more funner though because there's no pesky adults telling you to go home and get some sleep or do your homework I don't see an issue with staying up until 5 working with the squad...

A lot of my buds have been trying to recruit me to mentor for 5188 but I don't think I'll be making the plunge. But I live in the BIC so it's not like I don't run into them and lend a hand on odd occasion.

I'm also supposed to be a Solidworks TA and a ME tutor this year so that's cool

Remember kiddies, "stay in FIRST, kinda do school, eat your vegetables"