FIRST and Success: A Question of Definition

[Martin]

If it grows big you only wnat it to grow bigger.
The goal of FIRST is no longer to make peolpe happy, its $.
Once the $ are made then they try making people happy.
Personally i believe the FIRST is an amazing experience, i'll do it as long as i can. But It is also a very fine example of our world.
$ + $ = $$....YAY!
what i mean is that it has become corporate...it is now a large scale project and as such it loses that "warm", "welcoming" feeling. I know many disagree with my view, But take this example: You play in the big leagues be it baseball...hockey....whichever. As a pro, you will always recall those days where you used an old broom stick for a bat....or the days spent in the street wacking a hockey ball around...

I might have lost myself in this whole argument
i simply tried to say that First is a business...it is still enjoyable, but i have a feeling that the purpose is not to make that 16 yearold learn some fun technology, but instead it is to take that 16 year old, and use him as a number...saying that you tought him great things.