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FRC #0045 (TechnoKats)
Team Role: Mentor
 
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Re: Why did you join FIRST?

I wanted to join FIRST before FIRST even existed. I saw a program on TV about Woodie Flowers and the 2.007 Engineering class at MIT, and felt a little cheated that I'd never have the chance to participate.

Fast forward about twenty years, with my son entering high school and joining the TechnoKats -- no WAY was I going to let him miss out on it! I attended the 2003 Ford Sweet Repeat off-season competition, watched the 2004 FRC Kickoff in Kokomo, and generally hung around the shop for the first couple of weeks of build. The team's software mentor was called out of the country on business at an inconvenient time, and I was asked to step in and help out.

Knowing nothing about the control system, I said yes anyway. A visit to Wildstang gave me a solid foundation to learn how to program the "new" IFI system, and my place with the team was made official. I'm still "helping out" two years after my son graduated.
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