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Re: I am very nervous
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Originally Posted by davidthefat
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.
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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.
Matt
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I'm a FIRST relic of sorts, I remember when we used PBASIC and we got CH Flightsticks in the KoP. In my day we didn't have motorized carts, we pushed our robots uphill, both ways! (Houston 2003!)
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