The "FIRST" experience?

[Adam Y.]

Originally Posted by ebarker

US bureau of labor and statistics tends to lower the definition of most jobs to its base level.

Base level? Im doing base level electrical engineering. Their definition leaves out elctromagnetics which for all intents purposes excludes a lot of people. I wonder what we get classified as.

[emersont49]

Inspiration is a precursor to any real learning. On an FRC team, that inspiration could range from business and marketing to electrical/mechanical engineering and computer science.

I'm sometimes tempted to be critical of teams I view as being adult run but I have to remind myself that I'm only seeing or hearing small aspects of those teams. The only team I really know is my team.

One of the main reasons I mentor is to share the passion I have for robotics with students. It has been gratifying to see this passion picked up by students in technical and non-technical parts of the team. I'm certain they won't all remember the concepts of a closed loop steering system. I am, however, certain most of them will remember how much fun it was to solve a really tough problem.

[ebarker]

Yeah... what Jane said !!

What I was trying to say and doing a poor job of it - Bureau of Labor probably doesn't have a good handle on what engineers 'really' do.

I wonder how the Bureau describes 'family medicine' ?