why blame the programmers??

[MAldridge]

The programers usually get blamed for several reasons:

• There's only one programmer on the team
• Not even the mentors understand what goes on in the programers head
• The programer codes the robot as if they're driving

I remember on specific instance during breakaway that our ball magnet was causing balls to be sucked under the robot. When the drive asked me how to stop the motor on the ball magnet (I was the spotter) I quickly told him to toggle the left throttle and hold buttons 4, 5, 6, and 12 for at least one second. It made sense to me at the time I programed it!