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Re: Percentage of Work Done by Students.
I know this is a touchy subject for many people but let me explain the way I see this.
1) No company is going to hire a student simply because they worked on a FIRST robot.
2) You can be inspired to be an Engineer without knowing how to build anything.
My point is that if a student is very interested in being an Engineer they will go to college to do so. They will learn what they need to know in college. I'm not going to argue that you can't learn as much from FIRST as you can from college, but company's don't care what FIRST team you're from, they care about your degree. FIRST his in place to show you what Engineers do, not to teach you how to be an Engineer.
Our Engineer is Richard Wallace, one of the smartest guys I know, and I would not for a second think that he could teach me everything he knows. Nor do I think it is his mission as a mentor to teach me everything he knows. But if he can inspire me by showing me what he does, what is career consists of. THAT is mentorship. You don't have to teach to inspire.
Just my opinion.
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