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Re: The 6 Week Build Season and 'Mentor Burnout'
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Originally Posted by simplyTired
I realize that its a choice a team has to make, but it creates a situation where a team somewhat has to choose between burning their mentors out and having a chance at winning or taking breaks and settling for a sub-average robot.
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This is a choice already being made by every single team. Removing the 'stop build date' doesn't change the fact that a choice still needs to be made by everyone's own team on how much time should be committed to the build.
Teams that do not build practice robots or use the withholding allowance are already choosing not to work past the deadline. Granted, some of these choices are made for financial reasons, others are made for 'burnout' reasons and I'm sure there are plenty more reasons teams do or do not do it.
The fact remains that this choice is actively happening every single season.
-Brando
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