Amen. I, too, am my team's main programmer. There was a time when I was the only programmer, but now that I'm a senior and we have others, I'm the programming coach. Good deal
At least I'll go out with a bang. I think most people are fretting too much about this. I used the optical sensors last year. They're pretty nifty, and not hard to work with at all, as far as hardware goes. And the software is only slightly more complex. I'm not a big fan of precision movements or the like (just ask my teammates... they'll assure you my style is more to throw a bunch of stuff together and see what life crawls out of the pile). I believe less planning and more correcting is the way to go. That is, dash off in a likely direction and keep correcting your direction as you go, homing in on the target. Think like a cruise missile, not an artillery shell
Good luck all... this is going to be a great year.