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Originally Posted by EricH
Caution: "Not a Programmer" Talking in Programming Thread.
I'm going to take the above as kind of a "trigger point". Mainly because, it's what got my attention.
Who is asking those questions?
No, seriously, who is asking those questions? And, just for grins, why?
Think about it.
Now that you've thought about it, from what I've seen an awful lot of those threads are your first-time programmers. Not 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year programmers, but first-timers. The exception is the "why is this not working", which can come from anybody who is trying something new, or just wants a code review.
The other factor is that many teams don't give their programmers a robot until Week 5.75 if the programmers are lucky. Then they expect the robot to work in the first match on the field. See: hotfix the code and pray it works. Then fix some other bug. Repeat.
1197 does have a good programming team--but I know enough not to ask questions. (I leave that to the programming mentors.)
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Yes, I completely realize that. I never said it was a bad thing that those threads exist. I was just pointing out how few threads actually provoke deeper conversations about coding than that. Imagine if nearly every thread about mechanical topics were "What CAD software should we use?", "Where can I learn to use X CAD software?", "Will this tank drive design function without breaking?", "How do gear ratios work?", etc. The technical side of CD would get boring really fast.