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Originally Posted by Collin Fultz
The question isn't "How does your team work?" or even "How do you wish your team worked?" or "How does the ideal team work?"
It is "Pick: A or B"
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I believe I speak for many people when i say this but we believe there should be an option C, a balance, where the engineers and mentors guide the students.
Take a rookie team for example with no experience what so ever. You have the best engineers in the field:
Option A: The engineers make the best design possible, but the students struggle through building it and may have parts not put on right or not at all because they didn't know what they were. They get to the competition and come in last.
Option B: The students make a OK design with a few of flaws and the engineers follow it to the T in constructing it. At the competition they win a few matches but don't get anywhere. But the students are still proud to see their design succeed somewhat.
my Option C: The students and engineers collaborate, with the students creativity and the engineers experience, create a very good design that satisfies everyones needs. The engineers help the students through the building process explaining how things work, what has proven good, what has proven bad. At the competition the robot proves great and the team ends up first seed.
yes I know the examples are extremes but the show the point.