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Originally Posted by Atman
Well, we are in the thick of it right now. Its the middle of build season and between delphi, designing the robot, getting your awards ready, animations, and building there is a lot going on. Around the world right about now there are FIRST newbies walking around annoying you to death with questions or in heards of friends doing absolutely nothing. So how do you feel about FIRST and your team in general. I remember my first year I was so overwhelmed and fairly unplugged from the whole process. How do you feel about all this and do you feel like you are plugged in enough to understand, learn, and make a difference. Feel free to post here, I know my team is harsh on first years posting but dont worry. I want to know so I can help some of our new kids transition a little better myself.
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It's my first build season on my team (I joined over the summer), so I of course feel slightly out of the loop. But the lead for my mechanical subteam is an EXTREMELY understanding and helpful guy, so I don't really feel all that alone. 90% of the time there's things for me to do, so I take those new experiences and learn from them. And yes, we have a few people who sit around on their butts and socialize, but I wouldn't know, I'm usually in the shop gaining experience...
I think a great way to help new kids transition into FIRST is to find out whatever they like/ do best (like Controls, Drive Team), and then stick them with the subteam lead so they can learn from the experienced team members. Shadowing helped me the most...