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Re: What did you learn from this past build season?
Last year, we learned what success felt like. (Ranked 42 of 60 at Bayou, got picked by #2 alliance, went to CMP.)
This year, we learned what it takes to earn success - by almost getting there. This year, we ranked #18 of 56, and were the top ranked team not selected for an alliance. It took a bit of cajoling at first, but by the end, we had nearly the whole team down at/near the pit (which happened to be located across a walkway from the pit televisions) waiting on a team breakdown that almost happened about a dozen times.
We also learned a few internal things about mentors staying engaged after students nominally "take over" a function, and a lot of details about how to build and not build a robot. I started a "Lessons-Learned-2016" channel on our slack last night, and it got 60 posts in the first dozen hours.
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