FIRST Alum Spotlight: Max Goldstein
Nov 14, 2018 Written by Max Goldstein, FIRST Alum
As a student on FIRST Robotics Competition Team 86 in Jacksonville, Florida,FIRST Alum Max Goldstein fell in love with the machine shop during his first day on the team and specialized in fabricating aluminum parts on the lathe. Now a software developer at FIRST Strategic Partner Apple, Max returns to his machine-shop roots and gives back as a mentor for a FIRST Robotics Competition team based at a public school near Apple’s headquarters in San Jose, California. As a mentor, Max is building leadership skills and helping the team learn the importance of setting group expectations to keep everyone working together. “I try to create a safe environment for failure and the learning that comes with it, while ensuring that we have a functioning robot at competition,” he says.