Advice for Rookie You?

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Take advantage of any opportunities you are given.
-Always take advantage of opportunities that are presented to you. For example, I got to experience so much and learn so many things my rookie year from taking advantage of opportunities like visiting other team's shops, going to Champs, and just talking to people at events.

Speaking of this, I love showing other people our shop, what we did to acquire stupid amounts of shop equipment for cut-throat prices, and how theoretically we don't need it to be as successful as we are(It does make engaging more hands a very easy task however).

All you have to do is ask(PM is fine) and I can arrange it.

Please ask.

Originally Posted by thomasweese

Senior students will benefit from teaching you just as much as you will benefit from being taught.

This, very this. If I could go back and do it again I would bash my inept skills at teaching when I was on FRC 1678 Team EnGen and force myself to do some dang teaching of other people. Once you are decent at something the easiest way to get amazing at it is to teach others your skills. It puts you in a whole different point of view that really forces you to understand why you do what you do. I spent my first year as a mentor doing a crappy job of it because of my teaching skills, don't be me, learn to pass on your knowledge effectively.