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Re: What was your role each year on your team?

Hmm... this is a fun thread.

2005-2006: This was my Freshman Year of High School. I got involved in Robotics early on and was the Captain of FVC #68. FVC was where I got my first true taste of competition. That year I was also an alternate Driver and one of the Mechanical Guys on 816.

2006-2007: I did FVC once again, this time as FVC #816 due to re-numbering, and I was still the Captain/Driver/Head Mechanical Guy/Sometimes Programmer. On FRC 816 I was a "Sometimes Programmer" (Did all of our Auto Routines and some Drive Code) a Mechanical/Design person, and then I was a Driver. (then demoted to Human Player because I was an underclassman)

2007-2008: This year we stopped FVC so that we wouldn't be pulling Human Resources from the FRC Program. That year I stepped up to become the lead Designer/Mechanical Person/Pseudo-Captain. This was the first year that 816 had a robot with a Winning Record, and also the first time 816 played in the Eliminations at the Championship. I was the Operator that year (Though, the Driver and I were fully capable of doing each others job but I chose to let him drive because it was his Senior year)

2008-2009: This was my Favorite year in FIRST, but also my most Difficult. I was the Lead Designer/Mechanical/Captain. I spent the first week of build designing our robot in CAD, which hadn't been done before or since, and then supervised the building of it. That year I was the Driver too.

2009-2010: Currently, I'm a College Freshman with a Full-Time job doing Design work. I'm a Mechanical/Strategy mentor for 816, in addition to being the Coach.
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