[kstl99]

So many great points in this thread.

On the other hand - This is my first year although my team has been around 5 years so I cannot compare with past years. I am incredibly impressed with what I have seen all season long. As a person who has worked building and designing custom automation for over 20 years I can only wish that the attitudes of almost everyone I have met involved in First were more common in the workplace. This forum is amazing - informative, entertaining, was it really developed by an FRC team? The Granite State Regional ran smoothly and was the most fun I've had in a long time (can't wait for Boston). And I really think that the many varied skills will be extremly helpful to the students as they move on to the workplace, whatever career they chose.

I guess my point is that whatever it takes to make it succeed is worth it.