Every journey starts somewhere. Our wild First Tech Journey began on the week of week of August 27th, with our first official meeting of the season. For the meeting, we ran over team introductions, and established some broad goals for the season. Additionally, we began working on training for our rookie members, all done by the veterans.
For the first week, we covered training with hand and power tools. All members of the team, even those who weren’t interested in a more hardware related role, were given the basic training in these tools. In order to keep track of the trainings, we used Google Sheets to keep track of the level of experience everyone has with certain tools. The training was done in a fairly organized manner, with veteran members each teaching groups of rookies a certain tool, and the rookies rotating around in groups for training.
Following the days of basic training, rookie members chose the roles they wanted to take on for the upcoming season. They found their sub teams, and the new members began their more specialized training in tools their roles would use, such as hardware oriented people using CAD, software people learning to code in Java, and the business team learning about various skills, such as photography and portfolio design.
The first week allowed for a really solid foundation to be laid for the season to come. We are really anticipating the game reveal, and looking forward to the great memories that will be made throughout the season. The upcoming week brings continuation to our training, and to prepare for the Kick Off event. No brakes on innovation, Till The Wheels Fall Off!
