>> When I started -- when I came to WCTC it was a career change for me.
And I went -- I came and talked to one of the counselors
about the mechanical engineering program and she said, well what do you know about automation?
And I said, nothing.
I didn't know anything about it.
I kind of didn't even really know it existed.
But she looked at my background and she looked at what I was interested in and she kind
of pushed me towards this, the automation direction and I took it.
And so I think the biggest challenge for me was becoming accustomed to just learning what was
out there, learning what I was getting into and then starting to think
like an automation technician or a programmer.
The college did a great job of that.
I mean, we jumped right into programming PLCs which is kind of the basis of the program.
It was day number one and we were learning how to do those hands-on things that kind of serve
as the foundation for what I do now.