[Joe Ross]

I think that communication is very important. When in college, I chose to minor in human communication, so my opinion is biased.

Two weeks ago, I was asked by my employer to give a speech about FIRST. In talking to my coworkers, I was surprised at how many would have turned that down.

Because of how far it was, I ended up getting to talk to the manager of community relations for 5 hours, and the VP of engineering for an hour (as there are over 6000 engineers, most of us haven't spent any quality time with him). And then theres the 50 people I spoke to.

If I had thought that communication wasn't important as far back as college, I wouldn't have had this opportunity. I know that communication isn't something that I'm great at, but it's something I work at.