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Originally Posted by Abhishek R
Wow. All members have to get that much? That's impressive. And I thought we really laid down the rules when we raised our hours requirements from 30 to 40 over last year. Although our most involved members get 300+ hours before competition season, how do you not scare any prospective students away with that requirement? We've been trying to find ways to expand the team without dissuading someone.
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Show them the math, probably. If their school year is like ours, they have ~40 weeks of school. 180 hours over 40 weeks is ~5 hours a week. Considering a lot of students will spend twice or quadruple that after school during build season alone, and it seems like less of a commitment. Heck, on my team a lot of members will spend 10+ hours just on Saturdays! Plus they do fall training meetings, and I'm assuming some outreach... when it comes down to it, 180 hours seems like a larger time commitment than it is (of course, my perception of commitment to robotics is completely and utterly warped to begin with, so take that with a grain of salt...).