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Re: I am very nervous

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
The first paragraph did not help much . I do not have the code with me, that also adds to my nervousness. And thanks for the heads up for the motors, I currently had it at around 40%. Man, our autonomy (actually software in general) usually gets scrapped until the end. We are the lowest priority apparently. Now I totally agree with you. Our sensors are literally going to be zip tied on or something. I constantly told the electronics, and CAD people what we needed from week one. It is not in any of the CADs. I can't believe everyone just expects the programmers to pull off miracles. So right now, we are like a blind man with a walking stick. It will be tough.
Traditionally programmers usually get this kind of treatment. The best plan I've seen for fixing it is to get involved in the mechanical side of things. You'll learn more skill-sets, you will be be able to personally design in and mount your sensors, and best of all, you're not 'just a programmer' anymore, so you may have better luck communicating.

Unfortunately, especially with FIRST giving out so much pre-written code (that only sort of works, not that anyone else understands that) people tend to assume the programmers job is point and click monkey.

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