This season, I looked at the sponsor wall at the Great Lakes Regional and for the first time ever in my four years in FIRST I saw numerous job opportunities for me after I get an associates or bachelor's degree. It just sort of lit up and struck me in a good way.
Every season, when I see competition and the spirit aroused from it all, I see a microcosm of the world economy, and its amazing. The creativity being the fruit of it all, makes it so much better. The ideas, the concepts, the ambition captured in a figurative battery.
Overall, I believe FIRST is the merger of life and work into the prettiest of all couples, making a thrilling and energizing experience, and thus I have to say, FIRST IS HAPPINESS indeed.
I personally believe have become a much better man thanks to the experiences here... and other places related to it, that is just how I feel. I cant seem to shake that thought loose.
And I have to agree with dave on this one, excellent thread to revive, even after 2 years.