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Re: Lessons Learned - The Negative

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Originally Posted by Jared341 View Post
Thank you for mentioning this. I feel the exact same way. Getting a 22 minute address (yep, timed it) after three days of intense competition and little sleep completely derails the adrenaline-fueled enthusiasm of the crowd.

There has to be a better compromise between getting the message across, and remembering that Atlanta is a celebration of all of our hard work. Yes, even engineers get to celebrate.
I've given up hope of this getting fixed because every year it's brought up it seems the response is "Oh you guys don't like the speeches? OK we'll do more!"
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