Challenges of small teams with fewer than 10 students

[MAldridge]

I have the unique perspective of having just moved from a small team (~7 people) in one state, to a large team (~35 people) in another state. In the small team, everyone did everything, but we usually had to rely on only about 3 people with the specialized skills such as programming and electrical engineering.

On the larger team, I find that as a programmer, I can be far more specialized and get more done. I can easily just say that I need something added or adjusted on the robot and it gets done. It's easy to concentrate more on what I need to get done, and since I really like programming, I prefer this arrangement.