[1612Nick]

Title is self explanatory. I'm curious to see the paths of other members on their respective teams throughout the years, as well as why you joined initially, how you feel now after having been part of a FIRST team, and your future plans for involvement. (Also, for consistency, please try use a format roughly similar to what I have.)

I joined The Robo-Sharks as a high school sophomore after a couple of my engineering classmates joined the team, and my engineering teacher suggested I join. The previous year as a freshman, I got to see bits and pieces of the robot from the previous year during class, but I was shy and still not sure about a future as an engineer.

2007- I took up recording and archiving tons of footage, and was pretty much a cameraman/photographer the entire season and never really touched the robot.
2008- Started CAD/CAM work and made several parts for our robot. During a driving test to find good drivers I also did pretty well, and was a driver that season.
2009- Was the team leader along with another member (we split the work evenly), and still did quite a bit of CAD/CAM work.
2010- Having graduated high school and not being able to commit %100 of my time to the team, I classify myself as a mentor.

Looking back, I can't imagine not having been part of something that was so incredible and beneficial for me. I think high school would've been a boring blur otherwise.

Realistically, I'll be involved with my team for as long as I can until I'm too far away to feasibly help them directly. When the day comes that I no can no longer directly help my team, I see myself volunteering at an event or helping out another team. In one way or another, I'll be involved with FIRST for life.