Why are you in Robotics?

[petek]

Why am I in robotics? Because it was part of my job, starting way back in the 1980's and still is once in a while (and I play hookie from administative duties).

Why am I in FIRST robotics? Because:
1. We happened to move into Palisades School District (home of team 103);
2. My daughter signed up for "robotics" as a freshman after-school activity;
3. Once I saw what it was, I couldn't let her have all the fun!

[KathieK]

Joined as a mentor/parent and enjoyed that for 4 years, even though I am mechanically disfunctional. Then I switched to the the "dark side" of FIRST as I like to call it. Instead of experiencing the magic of FIRST, I am now part of the group that makes the magic happen. Why am I in robotics? I like to give back, and at this point in my life, it happens to be to a great robotics organization.

[Joohoo]

The reason I joined was because I enjoyed doing things with my hands and I had nothing really to do after school but, once I got involved and made a ton of friends it was like a black hole and I still can't think of not being involved

[Libby K]

can i select 'quite a few of the above' ?

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Libbeh1923

can i select 'quite a few of the above' ?

Well, since they are checkboxes and not radio buttons, yes you can.

My own personal story is that I joined my high school's team as a junior because I heard they needed a programmer. The previous year the team had been almost entirely seniors, and very few students returned. I had done some coding for fun on my own, and I thought that programming robots would be pretty cool. Little did I know how much FIRST would suck me in and show me all this engineering stuff that I had never gotten a chance to see before.

[Jeremytice]

I joined FIRST for many reasons!

I joined becasue a friend told me about our high schools robotics team. He told me about FIRST and what it was all about and I got interested in it. I am still involved with FIRST becasue it is fun but it gave me the chance to use my hands and learn about many of the engineering fields out there. FIRST also made me pick a career that I might want to go into in college (electrical engineering). FIRST had done a ton for me but I joined becasue its my career to be an engineer and it's FUN!