Paul Smith-Keitley
Robotics Master Trainer
Tablet Academy
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
I got a job calculating costs of manufacturing.
Someone found out I 'did programming' so I was moved.
I went to work in Government Security Services and got shipped to California.
I came back to the UK and designed an Avionics Computer - FROM SCRATCH!
Then I worked for a contractor automating steel works - BIG robots.
Then I became a journalist for a few years.
Then I headed up the European Multimedia Centre in London.
Then I worked as an EU consultant at Limerick University.
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Education
High School
QEGS, Wakefield
QEGS, Wakefield
Career
Robotics Master Trainer
I evangelise the use of Robotics for teaching coding, engineering and teamwork.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Technology
Engineering
Teaching / Mentoring
Day to Day
Multiple robots, multiple systems, many challenges, many students, tons of happy faces, some confused ones. Several lightbulb moments. On the quieter days, lots of preparation, building code samples, building obstacles and workloads, designing courses and challenges.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for high school students
Learn coding, learn mechanics - buy a cheap robotics kit, not a prebuilt one and not one that makes a single robot, but one you have to use your imagination with.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Family:
"Don't waste your time fiddling with electronics, you will never do anything worthwhile with it."
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
Going down a brand new path
First-Generation College Student
