Howdy. I’m Daniel and I recently moved to Boston for work, so I’m looking for an FRC team to mentor.
I work as a programmer (both control systems and whatever else needs doing - it’s a startup). I did FRC in high school, but only as a scout, so unfortunately I’ve never had hands-on build or programming FRC experience. However, I did work on a control systems-related project team in college, and I majored in computer science and minored in mechanical engineering (including a semester of machine shop).
So bottom line is I can mentor programming and might be able to muddle along in other disciplines. I was an undergrad TA for seven semesters and I love explaining concepts and teaching stuff. I graduated college in 2020.
My motivation for mentoring is first that I love teaching and explaining, as I said, and second that I would like to move into more technical volunteer roles that require team experience. I’ve been on the field reset/supervisor side for four years (primarily at the NYC regional) and while I intend to keep doing that, it would be nice to diversify a bit.
I don’t have a car, but am quite tolerant of long train/bus commutes. My workplace is on the Fitchburg commuter rail line and I live on the Red Line (& near the Green Line), so anything near those would be slightly preferred. Cambridge would be optimal. I would be swinging by after work some/most weekdays (let’s say arriving at 5-6 PM, maybe 4 sometimes but not every time) as well as on the weekends.
I would be equally open to both newer teams and experienced teams, but I can understand why experienced teams would be more comfortable with a new mentor like myself. I would prefer a team that needs a mentor more, so to speak, but maybe I should wait until I’ve worked with an experienced team for a year or two so that I’d give less bad advice.
I’ve reached out to NEFIRST and got a response, but I figured it can’t hurt to see what’s on this forum as well. I’d rather start out with a team sooner rather than later, as I need some training myself (haha) and joining closer to kickoff would make me less effective.
Please contact me on this post or via ChiefDelphi PM (& remember to flag for the mods if you need to per YPP policy!) - would be helpful if you included what times team meetings are during the week, because I’m mildly transit-limited. Please feel free to share this post with anyone who you think might be interested.
Thank you for reading!