"How I Work" Blog Series

[AllenGregoryIV]

From our Blog

For the past few weeks we have been working on a new series for our blog. It's based off the "How I Work" series by lifehacker.com.

We have been asking several of our favorite mentors from other teams how they work. We asked them about their jobs, their teams, their favorite tools, guilty pleasures, and much more. Some of these people are well known by the community others not so much but we think they are all great role models for their teams. This will allow them to be role models for the whole community. Mentors are one of the big reasons why this community is so special and we think this series will allow their stories to influence more people.

Our plan is to publish one article every week and we're starting today with Scott Rippetoe from Texas Torque #1477.

If you have a mentor that you want to see on "How I Work", send us an email with their contact information to team@Spectrum3847.org

We hope everyone enjoys these. Here is the first article with an interview of Scott Rippetoe

You can also PM me with mentor suggestions or if you want to volunteer.

[Kimmeh]

Seriously, this is the neatest thing ever! Thanks for starting this!

Do we get any hints for other mentors we might see? =D

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Kimmeh

Seriously, this is the neatest thing ever! Thanks for starting this!

Do we get any hints for other mentors we might see? =D

Thanks, we thought it was a pretty good idea. I'll tell you that we currently have a lot of Texas mentors (and a few from other places too) because that is who we know the best and apparently the most likely to do us a favor. We will be asking a lot more people in the future.

[tim-tim]

This is one of the best ideas I've seen in a long time. Looking forward to reading them.

[DampRobot]

Please please please get JVN to do this.

[rachelholladay]

Oh, I love this! So interesting!

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

Thanks, we thought it was a pretty good idea. I'll tell you that we currently have a lot of Texas mentors (and a few from other places too) because that is who we know the best and apparently the most likely to do us a favor. We will be asking a lot more people in the future.

I'm sure some Bayou area mentors would be willing as well. If you want their contact info, I'd be happy to nominate some of our local favorites.

Anything else you want people to know about you?
I hold the Guinness Record for building the World’s Largest Playable Electric Guitar. It is now in the collection of the National Guitar Museum.

Items added to my to-do list when I move to up to CMU this fall: Visit Carnegie Science Center. Find Scott's guitar. Secretly whisper.."I know the dude that made this". Giggle to myself.

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by rachelholladay

Oh, I love this! So interesting!

I'm sure some Bayou area mentors would be willing as well. If you want their contact info, I'd be happy to nominate some of our local favorites.

We would be glad to have them, send their information my way. I think we have contacted a few of our Bayou friends but we haven't had any send it back yet. A lot of people are busy and it does take a bit of time to write it up.

[dna1990]

This is a very valuable exercise, on several layers. Thank you.

And let us not forget to expect an article from the AG-IV himself...

[Mr. Rip]

The guitar travels around the US and is currently in Idaho. When the National Guitar Museum has a permanent home, so will the guitar.

[Jon Stratis]

It would be awesome if you got some of the long-term mentors in MN to fill it out. I've been asked by multiple people what we're doing differently up here to have such an amazing growth rate over the past 8 years (from 1 team for Aim High to 180 teams for Ultimate Ascent!) with almost no attrition. Get some of the mentors who have been doing it for 7-8 years here to post, and maybe we can find an answer

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Jon Stratis

It would be awesome if you got some of the long-term mentors in MN to fill it out. I've been asked by multiple people what we're doing differently up here to have such an amazing growth rate over the past 8 years (from 1 team for Aim High to 180 teams for Ultimate Ascent!) with almost no attrition. Get some of the mentors who have been doing it for 7-8 years here to post, and maybe we can find an answer

We'd love to have mentors from MN. That's an area no one on our team has ever been for FRC, so we don't have friends up there yet. PM me their email addresses and then badger them to do it.

[AllenGregoryIV]

The latest article in the series was just posted.

In this installment of "How I Work", we're featuring a mentor that has been on competitive robotics teams since he was in middle school. Mason Markee of FRC#118, The Robonauts, was a student leader on the team when he was in High School and came back after college to work at NASA, and became one of the adult leaders of this powerhouse FRC team. This past season he was best known for his iconic mustache that led to a few epic pranks at the FRC World Championship. Now let's hear from him on his job at NASA and his dedicated involvement with educational robotics.

http://3847.blogspot.com/2013/07/mas...ow-i-work.html

[lynca]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

The latest article in the series was just posted.
http://3847.blogspot.com/2013/07/mas...ow-i-work.html

Great post !

This is going to be a robot building Trend ! I look forward to next year's Handle Bars !