Breaking the Geek-FIRST Bias

[JoeXIII'007]

Originally Posted by Stephen Kowski

Geek?!? I think you should take that as a compliment....that means you are going to be someone's boss later on in life

You are referring to Bill Gates Rule #11

Originally Posted by Bill Gates

Be respectful to nerds. They will probably be your boss one day.

I have to applaud you. But anyway, yeah, why even bother with the 'Geek-FIRST' Bias? Nerds and geeks are what we are, and even though things may look uneventful now, just wait. Gates did it, Jobs and Wozniack did it, we can do it! Be happy.

Now for the question at hand. Just be open about what your team is, who you are, and what you do. That means announcing your adventures/victories over the PA or some other way, and making PR second nature. What I mean by that is to make sure that your team and its members are representing the team well, anytime. That can be done by members wearing the team shirt a certain day consistently, or some other way of showing that your team exists. Then you get people who may come to you or you may be talking to them and they say, "Hey, I used to work (or do work) at that plant," or "I know robotics teams like that."