Don't Disturb the Programmers!

[bladetech932]

The Staffing of our student programmers changes every year, this year just lucky
2006-0
2007-4
2008-1
2009-3
2010-1
2011-5

now looking at it....... do i see a trend?!?!?!

[demosthenes2k8]

Since the last 5 years appear to be a rearrangement of pi, clearly you should expect 9 next year.

[Twisted eric]

My team just got a shiny new building all for three classes if a building for five classes and the biggest room is dedicated to our robot so we split the building (two story) oh and we have a rotunda that can hold half of a field we got real lucky so we split the two rooms not in use for programmers and website/dinning hall

[1168Programmer]

Originally Posted by dbeckwith

lol all I get is a dirty table covered with electronics and scrap metal under a malfunctioning heating system, you get a nice cozy quiet room

We get something like that as well. Today it got so loud that I decided to relocate to the little cafeteria area in order to get away from it.

And that meant giving up the internet.

You can bet it was an interesting day of programming and internet withdrawal.

[bladetech932]

Originally Posted by demosthenes2k8

Since the last 5 years appear to be a rearrangement of pi, clearly you should expect 9 next year.

Yeah i noticed that if only the 3 and 4 were swapped

[pfreivald]

Today, we disturbed your programmers quite successfully, and in spite of odd digital sidecar issues, things went quite well, thank you!

[alexhenning]

Originally Posted by Dfontana

This thread reminds me just how understaffed our programming team is.

Me and my collaborator work just about anywhere in the single room allocated to the entire robotics team.

The comment about programmers being easily distractable is spot on. I can't tell you how many times I've found myself loitering around the fabrication area.

Lucky! It's just me and well, me. Not only do I not get a room or anything... Sometimes they make me build. It's horrible...

[Robototes2412]

I'm a programmer and I designed and built most of the minibot. I had free time and nobody else was, its a cheap, effective frame and I plan to MP (mass-produce) and give out at competition (only $8 of parts per frame)

[RoboMaster]

As the programming leader, my "minions" are always messing with me by changing the background on the programming computer, changing the windows theme to bright pink, adding a comment waaaay out in the middle of nowhere on the block diagram (LabVIEW), changing existing comments to have silly "spelling errors," and stealing the wireless mouse. GRRR!

[bladetech932]

My minions wrote the auto code last year while i was gone for a week!
so when we got to competition the code was commented
moonwalk(mecanum).......stop Hammer time!!.......kick.........Grab pitchfork......charge

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by RoboMaster

As the programming leader, my "minions" are always messing with me by changing the background on the programming computer, changing the windows theme to bright pink, adding a comment waaaay out in the middle of nowhere on the block diagram (LabVIEW), changing existing comments to have silly "spelling errors," and stealing the wireless mouse. GRRR!

In the spirit of Gracious Professionalism, I would kill them all...

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

In the spirit of Gracious Professionalism, I would kill them all...

Meh.
Just change their bank account passwords and make then grovel to get them back.

[pfreivald]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Meh.
Just change their bank account passwords and make then grovel to get them back.

That would work, too... I like the way you think!

Oh, and by the way, Ed, apparently we're thieves. I threw on some gloves to do some welding yesterday, and emblazoned upon them in black sharpie is 'X-Cats 191'... Not sure how we ended up with them, but I'll bring them to FLR.

[Zach O]

Our programmers don't have a designated space, but they cycle between the back room (where we build our bot), the conference room (where we do meetings), and down on the shop floor (that houses our 1/4 field). You can always find them though if you listen for the jazz music...

[1168Programmer]

The mentor who helps program and I cycle between the main work area wherever we can find a spot on a table and an internet port, the back room where we test, and the cafeteria in the front. Currently we're "nesting" in the cafeteria area because it's the quietest spot... and people leave us alone...