 I've always lived in Brookfield, just 15 minutes away from here, so nice and close. So then went through high school, went through the Elmbrook School District system. I had a jump start on my college education by going through the dual enrollment program. Really it was a gift to have 22 credits paid for by the school district to attend here and to get an awesome opportunity to use all this fantastic equipment around here. So I wake up in the morning and then I would go drive to WCTC, class had started bright and early at 8, so 8 to noon I would be here at WCTC learning robotics or hydraulics, programmable logic controllers, doing something exciting like that. I have the associate's degree now for automation and I think that if I need to, I could jump into a career and I could be making some pretty decent money. What's wonderful now about having the automation associate's degree, having some education already that I can go do some work if need be, all this other industrial maintenance and manufacturing engineering that I'm in now, that's just all knowledge. There's not so much of a push to get it done because now I have something already that I couldn't fall back on if that were to be the case. Max is taking a very unique approach in preparing himself for the industry. Not only will he have his associate's degree in automation systems technology, he will also have a technical diploma in industrial maintenance technology and an associate's degree in manufacturing engineering technology. This mix of programs will prepare Max for an awesome career in manufacturing or engineering. There are industry professionals who are on the advisory committees to help guide what you learn, but then there's also instructors who will work in the industry and then also teach. I feel like you learn a lot more that way and then everyone kind of knows each other and so if you're a student and you're looking for a job, you can work with any of the instructors or you can work with some of the adjunct instructors too and you never know what could form out for you. I think the value that I'll be able to bring to the workplace will be a lot of practical experience and that is gained through all of the hands-on classes that you get to take here. The instructors really push to get you out, to get you to learn on the robots because there's no better way to learn how to use a robot and how to program it than actually doing it or how to program a logic controller than actually programming it. I mean you get like a million dollar education for a very affordable price. I mean all the hands-on education you get, all the connections that you get to meet with other students, industry professionals and then the instructors and really all the experiences you get to have. Personally I think that the Tech College education is second to none. You really can't get a better value like WCTC has opened so many doors and really any Tech College can open so many doors for a student if they so have an interest in going through those. Get out, give it a try because you never know where it might lead you. I really wouldn't have never seen me here today without a Tech College and I think just jumping out, trying to do a robot program that has led me to some pretty awesome and really exciting experiences so I would say just Tech College is one of the best decisions I've ever made.