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About how many hours does your team work on a normal build season day? One of our advisersrs does not think that we need to work longer then 3:00- 5:30, except for one day a week we would stay till 8:00. Do you think that those times would be practical or not? Please respond to this.:confused:

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Week 1:
Saturday: 8 hours
Sunday: 6 hours
Monday: 3.5 hours
Tuesday: 5 hours
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: 6 hours
Friday: Off
Saturday: 8 hours

The rest of the season is Tues/Thurs for 5 hours and Saturday 8 hours, but that doesn't count the stuff we do at home in CAD or researching materials, etc.

We have...many ambitions...

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Here's what I do with my teams:

M-F: 3:30-6 (MWF: required study hall for all members 3:30 -4:30)

Sat: 8am - 8 pm is open to the team. Time varies depending on need.

Sunday: Rest

Friday night get longer as the build season get shorter...

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well normally we spent everyday after school from 5 to like 9 or 10 but this year we stay from 4-6 on monday to thursday then late on friday and early saturday to late saturday and that really isnt enough time we think

hope that helps

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Every Week:

Monday 6:00-9:00
Tuesday 3:20-6:30
Wednesday 6:00-9:00
Thursday 3:20-6:30
Friday 6:00-9:00

Weekends: whenever we can come in
MLK & Presidents' day: All day

(some team members (leaders, really involved members) stay from 3:20-9:00 Mon, Wed, Fri, and study hall hours also(1.5 hours every other day))

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Hmm, our team seems to use less time. Wednesdays and Fridays 5-9pm, Saturdays 9-5pm. Of course, we always stay later than officially posted, and during the last weekend before Ship we do not have school Friday and Monday, so it's 9-? all four days. Last year I clocked in at 65 hours the whole weekend.

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Tuesdays: 2:30 to 5:30
Thursdays: 2:30 to 5:30
Saturdays: 10 AM to 5 PM

During the end of the build,

Tuesdays: 2:30 to 5:30
Thursdays: 2:30 to 5:30
Possibly Wednesdays.
Saturday: 9 to 9
Sunday: 12 to 5

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We work from when school ends on thursday and friday until 8, 10-8 on saturday, and 12-5 on sunday.

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Monday-Friday: 1:30 to 3:30
Saturday: 7:00 to 3:00
Sunday is off
We can change times if we need to.

Any other days off as necessary.

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We go from 6-9 on mon-thurs and on saturdays we go from 9-3. Sometimes we've gone longer.

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M-Th : 2:10 to 5-5:30
Sat : 8 to 3
Sunday: as needed

end times vary as weeks go on, and time is needed
also many students have 9th off (1:28-2:10)

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Early in the season, we're usually working weekdays from 3:15-6:00, and on Saturdays as needed. As the season wears on/we fall behind schedule, we usually work later on weekdays (8:00-ish) and come in on weekends. Sundays are off either way - Everybody needs some free time!

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Mondays and Wednesdays:
2:15 [end of school] - Earliest: 4:20, Latest Rarely 6:30

Saturdays:
9:00~1:00

Last Week:
CRAZY!

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We are meeting
Sun, Sat: 10 - 7:00pm
Mon-Fri: 12 - 8pm
It doesnt matter if there is football on weekends, holidays and/or birthdays.
We celebrate/enjoy them all in school. :eek:
I am shocked by some of the teams schedules. I heard of one team today in Hawaii that was meeting only Wed. of this week, since kickoff. :yikes:

Constructing a robot isn't the only thing some teams do. There's that webpage, updated daily. CA documentation preparations, buying of supplies, ordering materials, meals, etc. etc. etc.

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For 1618:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 3:30-5:00 (unless/until we enter crunch time)
Saturday: 9:00-1:00 (with same caveat)

For 2815:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 6:00-9:00 (or we run out of work)
Saturday: Not officially defined to my knowledge, but I'm packing a lunch.

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Monday through Thursday: typically 6:30 - 9:00 (we used to stay later, but the custodial staff gets off earlier, and needs time to lock up the building)
Friday: the occasional emergency meeting, if there were snow days or we're super behind schedule
Saturday: typically 8 am - 5 pm
Sunday: typically 12 - 5

So that's about 24 hours a week.

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we work Mon, Tues, Thrus, Fri, Sat

today the majority of our team stayed until 6

Mon - 2:30-5
Tues - 2:30-5
Thrus - 2:30-5
Fri - 2:30-5
Sat - 9-5

soo 18+ hours a week

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Mon-Fri 4-8PM
Sat. 10-10
Sun 12-8

so roughly 38 hours a week and the days get stretch near the end.

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Monday through Thursday : 3:00PM-8:00PM
Saturday : 9:00AM ~ 2:30PM
You need more hours =)

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All weekdays some of us stay from 2:10 to later than 5, Saturdays start at 9am and end between 2pm and midnight, of course the closing days of the FTC season we left at 10:30.(Pizza hut took an hour to deliver which didnt help)

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We work everyday after school from 2:50 till sometime around 4:30/5:00, then saturdays from 10:00-whenever it all depends on what we can do and what needs to be done. we're all really paranoid this build season because we barely were able to ship last year and we still needed all the time at competition to fix stuff. note to everyone, don't change all the electrical stuff AND add pneumatics in week 4. it was not a well rested time in my life.

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For 1444:

Monday - Friday: 5:30-9:00PM
Saturday: 9:00AM-5:00PM
Sunday: 2:00-7:00PM

All the times are tentative and we usually end up staying later than we expect. We take no days off. Towards the end, we might work 18 hour days and there have been a few years with 24 hour days. Last year on the Friday before the robot was shipped, worked from 5:30PM-1:30AM and was back at 6.5 hours later. People bring food when our times interfere with meal times. This schedule works well for us. I can't imagine spending any less time.

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Typically;

Monday-Thursday: 2:30PM-10PM
Friday: 2:30PM-any unintelligable time between 2:30AM and 4:00 AM
Saturday: 11:00AM- any unintelligable time between 2:30AM and 4:00AM
Sunday: 11:00AM-8:00PM

72.5 hours at bare minimums represented here. What is sleep?:P

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Mon 4:30-when ever you have to leave (most about 6ish)
Tues 4:30-when ever you have to leave (most about 6ish)
Wed 3:00 to whever ever you have to leave
Thur 4:30-when ever you have to leave (most about 6ish)
Fri 4:30-when ever you have to leave (most about 6ish)
Sat - everyother saturady we sleep at school so work late on Fri then work till noon on saturday
Sun- Off

The more involved will normaly stay untill 8 or 9

Also after school we have a mandatory 1 hour study hall

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Until the end of school, which is 3pm (or 2 on thursdays) until as early as 6 or as late as 9... We actually have parents bringing in food on the days we stay really late.

Also, some students have several free periods during the day, where they work on the bot.

Saturday and Sunday are open as long as people need to be there... which is usually most of the day.

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We do
Mon 3-7 then a team meeting then after that till 8-8:30 ish
Tues-Fri 3-8
Sat 10am-anywhere from 6-9
Sun noon- 8

During the final week we tend to work longer hours and the hours I posted are a rough estimate it really depends on how much we get done on the day...

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We voted an an official 11 hour a week schedule for this year, where traditionally we've operated on an official 15 hour a week schedule. However, I came late yesterday and still put in 4 hours. We do whatever it takes. Saturdays start as a 7:59-3:00pmish during week 1, and by week 6 Saturday's meetings start at 7:59 and last until midnightish... :ahh:

Mechanical, as far as your individual situation, it depends. If you're willing to settle for a box on wheels, you can get away with your current time schedule, and quite possibly less. If you want a six wheeled swerve drive capable of translating and rotating at the same time will launching moon rocks into a goal thirty feet away, then you'll never realistically finish. It's all about setting realistic goals. Just my 2 cents, you'll need more time. If you meet more now, and discover later you can meet less, great! But if you meet less now, you may find yourself wishing you had more time during week 6, which is never a good position to be in. This game will depend a lot on driver skill, so the sooner you finish, the better.

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well saturday we went front 6:30am-5pm(kickoff day)
sunday we went from 1pm-5pm
monday we went 8am-5pm
tuesday off
wednesday(tomorrow) we will go from 3pm-6pm
thursday " "
friday we will go from 3pm-9pm or 8:30ish somewhere there
and saturday and sunday we will go from ...... what i believe to be 1pm-5pm.

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We run on pretty much the same schedule though we treat sundays just like saturdays.

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We require build team members to put in 16 hours a week during build season

Us die-hards put in 40 - 45 hours a week, more towards the end

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mon tru thursday 5:30 - to 7:30 but i always stay till 8 30

and sat 9- 2

and the last week we usally stay til like 3 am lol

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We put in hours as follows:

Saturday: 8:30am till 5pm (or later)
Sunday: 12:00pm till 5pm (or later)
Monday-Thurs 6:30pm till 9:00pm
Friday: off (unless you want to go work)

When i say till later i mean it... its not uncommon to work from 8:30am to 12am when the robot needs work.

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MTWTF: 1630 to 2030
Saturday: 0900 to 2100
Sunday: Off

This all goes out the window the last week of build season when panic sets in :D

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In past years, we've done a tues/thurs 7-9 and sat 9-4 schedule, but by week 3 or 4 that's usually stretched out to include a few more days. This year, we decided to go all out at the beginning, and hopefully reduce some of the long nights at the end... Monday through Thursday 7-9, and Saturday 9-4.

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1319 Official Build Hours

Monday Thru Friday: 6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
Saturday: 10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Sunday: 1:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.

Unoffically members can stay later or sometimes even show up earlier then official meeting times. All nighters have been known to occur near end week 6.

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1st, 2nd, 5th, and 6th weeks: 6-9PM Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
3rd and 4th weeks: 6-9PM Monday-Friday
Every weekend: 8AM-6PM Saturday, Noon-6PM Sunday

The mid-season cruch will hopefully let us avoid some of the 2AM sessions before ship.

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we have only had two meetings, and from what i know we still do not have any definitive designs and we are still deciding what we want our bot to do. as usual, i'm guessing we will have like 5 kids go all-nighters the last week.

usually:
weekdays (usually 3 a week):3-maybe 6
Saturday: 9am-8pm
Sunday: off

i have yet to bring about my concerns, but will hopefully get our captain to add more time weekly.

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Our team goes from after school (2:30) until about 6:30 on weekdays, and 9-5 on Saturday. (No Sundays)

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Team 811 works around the mentors' hours:

Sunday 1:00pm - 6:00pm, Monday-Thursday 6:00pm - 10:00pm, Saturday 9:00am-6:00pm. (Friday is called "date night")

It is assumed that students do homework etc. from 2:00pm-6:00pm, as opposed to after 10:00pm. Furthermore, we have semester finals during the third week, and students are barred from attendance from Monday afternoon (MLK day) until Friday afternoon. The students are repeatedly told that if they don't do well on the semester finals they might be banned (by parents or school) thereafter, so this isn't usually a point of contention.

In either case, only the most insane students (I won't mention names) work all those hours.

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When I was with 174, we had:

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 3pm to 9pm and Saturday 9am-5pm.

Good times were always had with my second family.

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Monday 5-9
Tuesday; 5-9, every other week 6:30-9
Wednesday; 5-9
Thursday; quizbowl competitions, for a large group of teammates, including me
Friday; 5-9
Saturday; 9- were done (3-7ish)

Last year the last 3 days of build season last year
2 days till ship; 9-12
1 days till ship; 12-5 & 4-12
ship day; 12-8
ZOMG!!!

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Monday to Friday- 4:30-8:30
Saturday-9:00 am-9:00p (does not count against you if you dont come)
Sunday-rest (workday if needed)

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This year we're planning on:

First part of the season:
Monday: No meetings until Math Team ends because a lot of our team is also on the Math Team. Once that's over, same hours as Tuesday-Thursday.
Tuesday-Thursday: 3-6ish
Friday: Nonmentored optional fun day (Orbit ball basketball and pizza party, anyone?)
Saturday: 8-4ish

Later in the season:
Monday-Thursday: 3 until somewhere between 6 and 9
Friday: Emergency meetings when we suddenly realize how little time is left
Saturday: 8 until somewhere between 4 and 9
Sunday: Emergency meetings when we suddenly realize how little time is left

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This is how the 1270 schedule looks during FIRST season

Monday-Friday................3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Saturdays......................9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sundays vary depending on whether we are running behind, if we are not we use it as a day of rest
Holidays we work from 8:00 am until about 9:00 pm

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At Team RUSH, it goes like this

Monday- 3:15 to 8ish (With an hour or so being mandatory study time.
Tuesday- Advanced team meeting, about 3 to 8
Wednesday- Full meeting, same as Monday
Thursday- Advanced team again
Friday- Normal meeting, but longer hours. We usually leave somewhere between 9 and 10
Saturday-Advanced team, usually from 8 or so until "its done"
Sunday- Off

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1293, lately, has been working something like this:
At the warehouse:
Monday-Friday: (5:30~6:30)-(9:30 or later)
Saturday (Sunday?): 10-8

(Then whenever we're not in school or asleep^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H, we're mostly having informal online conferences for discussion/collaboration purposes)

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Saturday 10am-6pm
Sunday 1-6pm
Monday-Thursday 6-10pm
Friday off... date night!!

Just as a warning with this schedual tho... last year I logged over 8 days 5 hours total time at our workshop, FIRST Base!!

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Monday-Friday: 6-9 PM
Saturday: 9AM-2PM
Sunday: Off

Obviously if it's crunch time, we extend the hours a bit.

To all the teams that have meetings right after school, you seem to be limiting yourself as far as members go. How are people who practice sports expected to show up. I know if my team went from 2:30-5:30, I wouldn't be able to show up as i have track practice from 2:45-4:30ish. Just something I found weird.

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We spend every hour were awake working on the bot.TEAM 271

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This week its probably around 8 hours(Mon-Thu), Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be more than 12 hours each easily. Then next week it gets toned down to 3 hours a day(Mon-Fri) and 12 on weekends.

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Regular build season:
Monday through Friday: 2:45 - [4:15,4:45]
Days off of school: 10 - [4,6], varies depending on our coach's schedule

During ship week:
Varies based on what we need to get done. One day last year was 2:45 - 10:00, or so.

We usually have a small crew there every day: 2-3 mechanical, 2 programming, 3 controls/electrical; it suffices, and it allows different schedules to work.

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As of right now, we got Mons, Weds, and Thurs from about 2:40(right after school) till about 6 or so. But last year as the build season went on we stayed every day and sometimes till around midnight on those final days.

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Our team works Monday to Friday 2:30 to 9 and Saturdays 9 to 4.

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Our team would officially meet and work from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Monday-Friday and would work from about 10:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M. on Saturday. However, several other members and I would work from 3:00 P.M. (immediately after school) to about 11:00 P.M. Monday through Friday and from about 7:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on Saturdays.:ahh: Let's just say that FIRST isn't a lazyman's activity. It payed off though, we were undefeated in the qualification round at the Kansas City Regional.:D

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Two of us:
M-F -> 10am until 2 or 3pm (during school)
The rest:
M-F -> 10-11:30

I was surprised at how often everyone else is in. We don't have after school meetings, mostly because our team consists mostly of me(programming/electrical/pneumatic/team leader) and one builder/mechanical.
We do it all. The rest of the people don't care and therefore get odd jobs.

If something needs doing I take it home. The KOP went straight from Kickoff to my room this year:).

I spend about 30-35 hours on FIRST related projects a week.

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Our team works these hours:
Monday-Thursday 3:00 - 8:00
Saturday 9:00 - 2:00

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Hmmm... well. Our weekly hours are scheduled to look like this:

Monday- 6-9
Tuesday- 4:30-9
Wednesday- 6-9
Thursday- 4:30-9
Friday- (By Invitation Only)
Saturday- 10-5
Sunday- 1-6

Everybody doesn't show up every night, but instead have schedules with assigned subgroups for different nights. That might change based on necessity, but the structure still helps keep members organized and focused pretty well.

As expected, that usually breaks down come ship time, as expected. Last year we crated at a pleasantly early midnight, but it's gone far later in years prior.

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We work as late as people want to stay for about the first two weeks and then after that we stay until the Custodians say we legally have to leave the school since it's being closed up :) We also stay weekends if a custodian will be there.

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Hmmm our work hours really vary. Usually Mon-Thurs we go from 3- whenever we accomplish what we wanted to do for the day. And Fri is 3-530 because everyone wants to get home. Saturday is generally from 7 or 8 am until 3pm. And Sunday is our day of rest at the home of the WesTech Anomaly.

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Week one is usually 3pm-6pm weekdays, 8am-6pm weekends

usually increases the longer build season goes on with week 5 being $@#$@#$@#$@# near 3pm-11pm weekdays and 7am-10pm weekends.

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we work M-F 3-6 non sstop
Sat-Sun 1-6
last week of build
M-F 3-7
Sat-Sun 1-8

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Team 1836:

Mon.-Thu. 3:30-7:30
Sun. 10-5

Of course this is is never enough because my team is tiny...five of us are pulling almost all the weight, and we are all either current or recently graduated high school students. We have no professional mentors and our teacher only does the administrative stuff, so we have to make every hour count...

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I feel your pain. In 2006 we had maybe three or four people consistently working on the robot. In 2007 that grew by like, three. I'm pretty sure we didn't have mentors very often if at all in '07. '08 and '09 though, we've got a lot of people (this year especially) and mentors that can be here almost every day... and it's a world of difference. The workload per person is lighter (which is nice) and we can be more precise, even.

Doesn't mean we're any better, honestly (our best season so far wasn't our most precise. In fact, the season before (which was, until 2007, our best season so far) was horrible... hardly nothing matched perfectly, about half the bot was built in the pit with a jigsaw and some other hand tools, etc). Just means it's easier.

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At H.P. Baldwin we meet from monday through saturday from 1:00 to 6:30-7:00.:yikes: thats probably not enough hours but we got alot done so far even though we only got or KOP today (kit of parts) hehe :eek:

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Most members go from 5pm-10pm ish all week, while a few of us ( like me ) go from 2pm-3pm to 3am-5am all week.

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Weeks 1-4 we go Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2:30-10:00
Weeks 5-6 we go all weekdays 2:30-11:00 or later
No Saturdays

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We don't really have set times. We work every day, usually for 6-8+ hours.

I've put in 4 12+ hour days already since saturday.

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No wonder the poofs rock, they must never sleep!

We do M-Th 4:30 to 7:30 and Saturday 8am to 2pm. Students are required to attend all of the 1st week, and the 2 days + Saturday after Week 1. These are the base hours and of course enough time to get it done will be spent.

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on our team, we spend from 2:30 3:30 as a study hall and then work until 8:30-9:30 monday though friday. dont really work on weekends for the first two weeks or so.

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mon-fri 3:30 - 9:30
sat 8:00 - 10:00
sun off

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For the first few weeks, our schedule is generally 2:30-5 Monday-Wednesday, 2:30-9 Friday, 8am-3pm Saturday. This generally changes after week 4, to allow more build time.

[shameless-plug] For 964's full calendar, check out http://team964.com/updates/calendar [/shameless-plug]

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Mon-Thurs 7Pm-11pm
Fri-7pm-til whenever needed 11pm+
Sat-9am-11pm+
Sun-9am-5pm+

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Trobots work form 3:00-7:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; on Wednesday and Friday we work from 3:00-5:30p.m.; and on Saturday we work from 8:00am-2:00p.m.

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First week

Mon-Thursday 8:30am-4:00pm 7:00 pm- 9:00pm
Friday 8:30am-4:00 pm 7-10Pm

all the rest of the season
Sat 10am-10Pm

expecting 2 to three hours each day other than Friday and Saturday

I show up for all of it cause I am one of the board members

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tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday:
3PM-8PM
and we do stuff at home.
I think it's not enough, although I already lost track of my life.
I guess that as the shipment day will get closer - we will spend a lot more hours in school.
As rookies we'll find out if that is a good strategy... in the end ><.
Now we mainly focus on translating the manuel to Hebrew - the final version will sound horrible... we already said we are doing crimes against the English language ><.

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We normally don't get to our shop till 4:30, and then stay till 8.

We go full blast the first week, everyday, including saturdays from 8-4/5.

Then we slow down and meet three days a week, and then saturdays.
And then we realize that we're behind scheduale and go full blast again around week 3 1/2

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Our team meets Saturdays from 10 to 7, Sundays 11 to 5, and days off from school with Saturday hours.

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Weekdays 2:30-7 or 8, Saturdays 9-3, a special Sunday session tomorrow because we only ahd the crate team meet yesterday. A lot of team members were taking the ACT.

Next week saturday, I'm sure is going to be 9-9 at least :)

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well we work from 2:30 to 10:00 on weekdays and 10:00 to 10:00 on weekends and sometimes we will be at our shop until 2am

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Depends on your goals.
This year, 1712 Meets
Mon - 2:40-9
Tues - 2:40-9
Sat - Varies (5-7 hours)
-Roughly 18-20 hours/week ...
plus we squeeze in more hours "virtually" working on award entries and mentors spend "off days" researching for coding, rules, etc.

We don't meet as much as many others do, more than some. Bottom line is you always need to work at maximizing the time you have and keep your goals realistically matched if you don't want to get overwhelmed at the end.

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M-F: 5-8
Sat: 9-5

That's pretty much the build schedule this year, although, we have worked on the Saturday & Sundays of the last 2 weeks in previous years, but can't due to Asbestos cleaning on Sunday's at the HS this year & we have worked from 4-8 other years on the weekdays.

All of this is at the High School we are based out of btw.
No outside sponsor locations.

This year, we are VERY GLAD we finished the robot as much as we have so far*, because we can not get into our school at all from Sat. Feb 14th to beyond ship date due to spring vacation.

The robot will be shipped by a sponsor more-than-likely again, but it will probably be done on the Monday (16th) before ship date (17th) anyways if we attend the pre-ship scrimmage in the state.


*About 98% as of today I would guesstimate - so much so we took it all apart & are painting it, powder coating it, & anodizing it this year for the first time ever!

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Bedford Express meets 6 days a week.

Monday-Thursday 6 P.M. - 9 P.M.
Friday Day Off
Saturday 1 P.M. - 8 P.M.
Sunday 1 P.M. - 5 P.M.

Which gives a total of 23 hours a week.

Through week 5 we have been able to keep to the schedule with only 1 Friday meeting. Our mentors are amazing because they usually come straight from a full day of work to our 3 hour meeting. We are meeting more this year than in years prior but it is paying off because we are finishing the robot earlier.

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Both 1155 and 2265 meet from the time school ends (4 PM) to 8-9 PM on Weekdays. On the weekends we meet from 9 AM to 4 PM. On weekdays that we don't have school (and if there are no midterms/regents on those days) we meet from 10 AM to 8 PM.

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M: 6-9
T: 6-9
W:6-9
Th: 7-8:30-ish (team meeting; no regular work session)
F: 6-9
Sat: 12-9, with a dinner break around 5
Sun: 1-4

Last year was pretty much the same thing, though we started putting in more hours on Saturdays as we got closer to ship. I definitely remember working 9 to 9 on a few Saturdays (Eating breakfast, lunch, AND dinner with the team...how can it get better than that?). The only things stopping us from working 3:30-whoknowswhen on weekdays are mentor availability, homework, and the school kicking us out at 9. Starting on the Saturday before ship up until that sad time when we have to crate the robot (oh, sorry, we're ziplock bagging our bots this year. My bad xD), it's pretty much all day.

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we work:

3:10-7:00 M/T/W/TH/F
10:00-7:00 Saturday
Off Sunday

towards the end of the season we work late, last wed. we worked til 11 one night and next week we're expecting some really long nights.