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Originally Posted by WinterPoet
HOWEVER, I do appreciate some of the sentiment behind Stop Build Day. It correctly shows the deadlines that exist in the "real world". I also find it inspires my team to work harder and think faster, as the pressure often creates positive stress that pushes us to do our best.
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Very few projects I've worked on in the real world require things to be hands off for months at a time before being used immediately ready to go after coming out of shipping. There will always be a deadline in FRC. The start of your next match! No other machine sport has this deadline. If hands off time and deadlines are some sort of special sauce why haven't they trickled down to FTC or FLL? FRC is the only one to get this special thing, why? Shouldn't NASCAR try to adopt it if it makes things so much better?
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Originally Posted by WinterPoet
In general, I lean towards a compromise of sorts. A build week of 8-10 weeks gives teams way more time than we've had in the past. It also serves as a stepping stone, if need be. If it's an overwhelming success, FIRST can go from there and consider nixing Stop Build Day. All in all, I feel it's the best solution, and leaves room for additional adjustments in the future.
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How would this work? Are you proposing pushing back the start of competitions or moving forward kickoff? Are we stopping build between Week 3 and 4 of competition season?