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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
You may have just fallen into your situation in the best game possible for you.
This game is designed for teams like yours. Use kit parts and just make it work. Keeping your chin up is easy to say, but hard to do. You've come to the right place and stay on it. Just remember one thing in your situation a friend told me just last night:
"Work smarter, not harder"
I know it may seem like the opposite of what you've been taught but it is a way to succeed if done correctly.
Lol 1337 post ^_^
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Yea I have to agree with Stogi here. Its pretty intuitive to think that a lot of members, members and coaches make a team that will have a robot ready in 6 weeks. That may not always be the case. Working with 7 people who are focused and willing to do some research on CD using whitepapers and the other numerous FIRST technical resources. Delegate well, not all 7 of you have to be working on the same thing as well. Also, you said that there were people in the club that were not part of the 7. Keeping them involved in important, whether they are making runs to home depot, or just attempting to learn through tasks such as building the trailer or making the bumpers.
As far as mentors go, maybe a team parent is handy enough to help you out? A few parents went under the radar for a few weeks until they were lest intimidated by "building a robot" and helped us by teaching us how to use powertools and helping us secure out robot in our crate.
Anyways, I hope this helps
I know you may feel frustrated at the moment, but take a minute to acknowledge the fact that you care enough about your team to wish to change its situation. Maybe this year you won't have the killer robot that will just school everyone at your regional, but you know what, its all right. I know what your feeling, I've expended a lot of energy in frustration myself. Just hang in there, you'll feel enormously satisfied when your vision for the team starts taking form.
Take care, if you wanna talk, vent, or ask for advice (Im limited on technical advice) PM me sometime
Good Luck