Anybody else burned out?

[Christina]

Yes, I'm very familiar with this whole burnout thing. I have now finished 5 seasons with FIRST and I can honestly say that I am on the track to burning out. I started really last year but quite honestly, I think team politics is really what did me in. Throughout high school and even my first 2 years in college I was all about FIRST; it was everything to me. This year, I transferred schools, became president of the RIT FIRST Robotics Club, and had to deal with a lot more politics than I'm used to. Though I do have all intentions of being there next year, this last year was different. For me, robotics was a always on a fine line between stress and fun. Though the build season was stressful, it was always more fun and I didn't mind the stress so much. This year, it seemed that it got more stressful and less fun. Now, I had a great team this year. I don't attribute my burnout to my team at all. For the first time in the last 5 years, I found some things more important than robotics, and quite honestly, I think that's what saved me from completely burning out.

[Specialagentjim]

Well, I just finished my 4th build season and I've still got two more in high school. I've said to myself many times this year "Why do I keep doing this" (Mostly related to the autodesk animation comp...don't even get me started on that...), but then I realize how much I've learned from this. Just about every day I realize that I understand a concept in life better because of FIRST. Just the other day, me and my dad were fixing our garage door opener. We've got the thing open and my dad didn't quite understand how the door adjusments work, he juss knew how to use them. I take one look in, and all I can think is "Limit switch". Two of em, with a little device that moves across a worm gear. When the door is moving, the worm gear turns, and moves the device until it hits a limit switch, signaling the door to turn off. Without FIRST, it would've taken me a lot more thinking to get how that worked, if I'd have gotten it at all.

Burned out wise. I've said it, but in reality, there's no way I could quit. I started back in 7th grade, and I'll be team leader and driver for my 11th and (hopefully) 12th grade years...and still loving the whole thing.


Btw, kate: So I'm not the only one that's had the vision of having their own machine shop in their basement/garage!?? YAY! I feel much better that I'm not the only one. (I still want one, even if you dont )

[Kate Leach]

Originally posted by Specialagentjim
Btw, kate: So I'm not the only one that's had the vision of having their own machine shop in their basement/garage!?? YAY! I feel much better that I'm not the only one. (I still want one, even if you dont )

I'm glad someone else has wanted a machine shop in their basement. Now I want to have a really nice dance floor in my basement. I'm still living with my parents, so it'll be a while before that happens...

Kate

[Lora Knepper]

I have and still want a machine shop in my basement too Though not so much for FIRST now, but for the mechanics stuff I've gotten into since FIRST..... machine shop and a 5 bay garage.... *dreams*

~ lora

[JVN]

Originally posted by Lora Knepper
I have and still want a machine shop in my basement too Though not so much for FIRST now, but for the mechanics stuff I've gotten into since FIRST..... machine shop and a 5 bay garage.... *dreams*

~ lora

Heh... I do have a machine shop in my basement.

We have a milling machine, 2 lathers, and a bunch of other equipment.

It's my father's "hobby" and it certainly comes in handy when I feel the need to build something.

[chellyzee93]

I'm ready to move on to the bigger things. Living FIRST everday, although being a mentor would be nice give me a year or two

[Bharat Nain]

I wish I could marry a robot.

But unforunately, you are not allowed have more than one wivfe. So I cant. Though Robots are just fascinating.

In a classroom, you have no team work, and no fun, only some lectures, but in a team you have team-work, fully fun-filled and memories that last a life-time.

[David Kelly]

Originally Posted by TeknoBramha

I wish I could marry a robot.

But unforunately, you are not allowed have more than one wivfe. So I cant. Though Robots are just fascinating.

In a classroom, you have no team work, and no fun, only some lectures, but in a team you have team-work, fully fun-filled and memories that last a life-time.

Don't bring back the dead.