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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
now everyone on your team has learned a valuable lesson on SW test and valididation.
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Experience is a cruel teacher - first you are tested, then you learn the lesson. :^)
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Well said. I know I've made more than my share of stupid mistakes in the three years I've been in FIRST ... but the real mistake is if you don't learn from them. Now, really, what fun would it be if software worked right everytime you went out there? I knew how to program when I started this thing. Since, I've learned how to debug; how to track down a problem, isolate it and then fix it. Looking back, this seems to be the better skill, and I'm glad for all the mistakes that let me get here. I've wanted to kick myself more than a few times for some things I've done ... but now we do system checks before each match and as often as the fabrication group will let me have the robot, and I've come up with a nice checklist of things to do, and check all my pot values, etc. Losing a big match because of a mistake sure isn't fun (I know that all too well); but five years down the road, it's more likely to help out the student than winning because everything went perfectly! Well, that's just my poor opinion, anyway ...