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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber
I have had a bunch of alumni come back as "mentors". They are basically super seniors because they never realized they aren't students any more.
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I came back from University to my high school team (1075). I had competed in Grade 10 and 11 (2003/2004), and my team skipped my Grade 12 year (2005) for financial reasons.
I was active with 1075 continuing all the way through until 2012. I would come back from university and industry to continue helping out. I lived in the same area, so it wasn't a huge deal.
In late 2012, I moved about an hour's drive away, and a new team, 4343, had been formed in the town where I work during the 2012 season.
It wasn't until I left 1075 to move to 4343 for the 2013 season that I stopped being seen as one of these "super-seniors". 4343 was happy to have me and my ~10 years of FRC experience, and many questions related to FRC strategy and best practices get directed to me.
I suspect that my experience is mirrored by many of the alumni-gone-mentor folks out there. I suspect many of us have needed to LEAVE the team we are alumni of in order to shake that "super-senior" image.