[Dan Petrovic]

FIRST is a life changing experience. While all of my friends who aren't on FIRST have no idea what they want to do, I'm sitting here knowing exactly what I want to do. It's opened up tons of opportunities to try out different things. It's like an internship without the pay.

I've become more inclined to try and fix things myself when they break. I learned how to use the Lathe this year, and I want to learn how to program the Mill next year as well as welding. Last year, there was hardly any fabrication done by the team, this year there was hardly any fabrication done by the machine shop, so it let us learn and do it for ourselves.