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Originally Posted by SparxProgrammer
I am graduating from the FRC Team I've been a part of for the past four years, ending my seven year run with FIRST (as a student) (FLL + FRC). My team recently added a rule that students graduating must wait at least one year before returning as college mentors.
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Believe it or not, this is a great rule. Being a mentor for the same team you were a student on a few minutes ago is really, really strange and rarely ends well.
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Here's my problem: I want to stay involved with the FRC program. I basically fell in love with the strategy side of FRC competition, and I'm really going to miss doing that. I haven't decided if I'm going to mentor with another team for a year, or not, but I'm looking for advice for how I could stay involved with the program if I don't go directly to another team.
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Strategy is awesome, but as you'll probably learn, a lot of teams already have a strategy crew and it's a little harder (but not impossible) to walk in and do strategy for a new team.
My recommendation is to find a new team and ask if you can just help out in whatever capacity you can, understanding that your strategy help might not be needed. You might pick up other skills along the way! When I joined 2791, I did not know very much at all, but now I at least know enough to fake it.
