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Originally Posted by adampaskowitz
I've seen posts regarding limits that might be placed on team member hours, to reduce the risk of burnout or academic decline. I'm dealing, unfortunately, with the opposite. Most of our team members have never been part of a competitive team and don't seem to comprehend what type of commitment is required. We're a new team, so we don't have an established culture.
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This perfectly describes one of the two part BIG problems we faced as a rookie team this year. We had maybe 10-15 people sign up initially, and then goof off, waste time, and break stuff. Once we put pressure on them to perform and put in time/commitment and actually get some work done, they scattered, leaving maybe 6 people at the most actually working on the robot. This further left us 6 E-X-H-A-U-S-T-E-D, I know I personally took a toll academically, and everyone else who was working with us was. However I wouldn't recommend limits on team time, because otherwise we wouldn't even be done with the chassis by today
