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> Back then they criticized me for not being involved in sports or at least chess club; they didn't give out trophies for computer programming at my school so I
by masnick 15y ago
> Back then they criticized me for not being involved in sports or at least chess club; they didn't give out trophies for computer programming at my school so I never received one.
This is why programs like the FIRST robotics competition (http://usfirst.org/ http://usfirst.org/) are so important: they give engineering/programming some of the competitiveness and glitz traditionally reserved for high school sports.
I drove my high school's robot for 3 years at FIRST competitions around the country -- way more exciting/educational/fun/memorable than playing for my school's soccer team (my other extracurricular).
- s00pcan 15y agoOh yeah, I did do that. My team got an award for having the least amount of engineers per students - only one! I was asked to come to the competition for free (the other students had to pay something over $100) because I was the only one who had any idea how to program the robot. I wasted most of my time working on a 3d animation in 3dsMax because I didn't expect to go at first, so our robot only had basic movement controls.