[Greg McKaskle]

It is great to hear that lots of folks are interested in programming the robot. It is good that you are worried about this growth spurt since this is when things can change dramatically, for good or bad.

Since your programmingteam is less than doubling, I'd suggest the apprenticeship model. Let the programmers with most experience decide what they will work on, and each of them gets an apprentice to help/train. You may plan for a rotation opportunity at some point since they may find a better fit once they have a bit of runtime. You may also want to designate a technical lead to coordinate the activities of the team.

The more experienced guys will be asked to do something other than type/draw code. The new guys will learn how to code review and help someone else debug.

This is actually my favorite way to add programmers to a group at work, and it is beneficial to both parties.

Good luck.
Greg McKaskle