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Originally Posted by Matt H.
Both of these statements worry me. I see not having students interested in programming as a challenge to overcome, not a challenge to circumvent. As a student programmer I find the idea of a mentor doing the programming sickening. I'm decent at programing and I've put much time and effort into doing the best I can. However, I've done this under the assumption that I would be competing with other students not mentors. I believed that my skills would be put to the test based on the skills of other teams not their mentors. This is my first year of FIRST, but I have already put in large amounts of off season time towards the programming side of things. I would hope that my efforts are not in vain because I am competing with adults.
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Please, the topic of mentor vs. student lead teams has been beaten to death in multiple other threads, and this is just a small example of it. Each team is free to deal with programming how they so choose. The FIRST "big wigs" have made it clear every year that it is okay to be totally student led and it is also okay to be mentor driven, or anywhere in between.