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Originally Posted by Jon K.
While I find it interesting that you bring up the UTC block as I like to call it, you are missing team 181 in there, and also a lot of UTC teams that have been up and coming in recent years, although haven't neccessarily gained as much attention. I must say though that you really can't judge a program based off of sponsors, as some teams only get money from a sponsor, and others get an engineering support staff devoted to the program. Also to single out any one sponsor in FIRST as being most successful based on wins is foolish as most wins in a competition are based a lot on luck, and a lot on strategy. I agree with Ken, as well as that I feel that any sponsor of any FIRST team deserves recognition because they realize what an amazing program FIRST is.
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I know exactly what you mean. My team is sponsored by Northrop Grumman: Space Technology (branch that mostly makes satellites) and not only do we get some great engineers, but 3-4 students each year get a paid internship. I received andinternship in the summer of 2005, came back in summer of 2006 and now I week two days a week there. I'll come back next summer and qualify for a program where I'll work during the summer (a nice wage too), and they reimburse our college tuition on top of he pay rate.
So, my team may not have been the top team (I've been on since fall of '04), but I still received a great education and experience in engineering that showed me what I can and want to do with my life; It then gave me the tools and opportunities to do so.