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Unread 28-07-2011, 11:52
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Re: Building just isn't a priority anymore

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Originally Posted by SuperNerd256 View Post
On the topic of programmers and somewhat continuing on from my last post, I was sort of a programmer this past year for my team, but since there was little for the team to do until the robot was built, I spent most of my time building. As a side note, I did a little bit of everything this past year, since we started the season with 10 people and ended with 20 people who didn't know what to do. That being said, I think that like mentioned before, the programmers should have more responsibility. I don't mean that they don't have enough work to do, but I'm just saying that they can only program so much without a robot, so they might as well aid in the building process so they can finish the robot quicker and in turn be able to work on their code more.
Sorry for the double post but I just saw this and had to quote reply it.

You can only fit so many hands on an area 18x18x18 before there's no more room for hands, or they touch something that cuts them (ie sharp sheet metal underneath that we hadn't gotten around to filing yet).
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