"ToyDeathbot" (ToyDeathbot)
03/11/2014 at 10:03 • Filed to: fsae
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"ToyDeathbot" (ToyDeathbot)
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Is it worth it? How time consuming is it?
Lekker
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:05 |
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OMG YES! It is as time consuming as you'd like to get involved. I started with one meeting a week (1hr) and 1 hour at the shop every thursday. Then I started helping out more, and long story short it became like a part time job. Is it worth it? Every single minute of it. Would do it again.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:07 |
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FWIW, in hindsight, I wish I'd gotten involved with it back then.
BlythBros.
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:17 |
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You risk becoming this:
And I design engine components for a living due to my work with my FSAE team so it's worth it if you don't want a boring engineering job. My closest teammates also work in design/development. Guys from the year before all went into race engineering.
STREPITUS
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:19 |
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It all depends on the school you're at and how the team is run. For instance, my school's team was a shitshow of terrible people doing terrible things when I started freshman year. I was on the team for about a month when I said fuck it and quit. I ended up putting an incredible amount of time into this instead -> http://cmubuggy.org/reference/What…
horspowr1001
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:44 |
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10000000% worth it. The more time you put in, the more you'll get out of it. I wish I was designing for FSAE full-time.
2BWise
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:48 |
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Its all what you make of it. You can be slightly involved up to completely obsessed. It also depends on what field you want to work in after school. I'm an auto engineer and do vehicle development for a living. Most people I work with had some sort of involvement with fsae. I was overly involved with the team but without it I'd not be working in a field that allows me to work on cars everyday. Its not a requirement but sure helps. The skills you pick up in fsae apply to more than just designing and building vehicles and most employers see that.
Chteelers
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:49 |
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Extremely. Extremely.
Nonster
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:49 |
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I was on the Baja SAE team and it was a blast. Formula was non-existent at my school, not enough interest. I would absolutely recommend doing FSAE or Baja. I learned a lot that my regular classes didn't teach. A lot of companies that I interviewed with really liked the experience I had gained as a result.
Joe_Limon
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 10:59 |
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I finished first year with a 3.4 GPA, second year I joined the team it dropped to 2.0 lol. At one point I ended up on the deans list, so I cut back the number of courses, took summer semester and finished half a year behind. It is super time consuming, and valuable, but you also have to factor in team drama/bullshit. I ended up quiting the team due to high school drama.
Awe_thentiX
> ToyDeathbot
03/11/2014 at 11:21 |
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It all depends on the school, but in my experience it was extremely worth it and even more so if you're seriously dedicated. I was on the Missouri S&T team for a year (which I'll return to eventually). We had several team members get picked up by companies specifically because they were on the team. I also learned more while on the team than I actually did in class. Definitely worth it.
As for time, I became obsessed and spent nearly every day in the shop. However, our team was entirely volunteer based so some people only came to meetings. Then there's schools like KU where it actually works as a credit. Despite the difference in how we operate, both schools are very competitive and regularly in the top 5 at any competition.
ohlins8990
> BlythBros.
03/11/2014 at 22:20 |
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Pretty much this...
Really though, FSAE is what you make of it, there were times we were above 40hrs/wk on just the car itself, but the time I spent with my team (the guy above me included) created some of my greatest college memories...like this photo.
Inflame333
> ToyDeathbot
04/02/2014 at 09:28 |
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Definitely a great resume builder. You learn quite a bit from the team also. I've been racing for 6-7 years now, but never really got into design validation. One this you'll learn from FSAE is that EVERY design must have validation. So you get to see if it really works or not. I sneaked some of my own car designs into the formula car, to my surprise it worked out great.