Sippin' on the haterade

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by Wing

Even now, one of the mentors of Team 1002 still claims Ed builds 1311's robot! I know this is not true for a fact, not only from talking with students of 1311, but by observing them.

Funny. For those people that know me... at the competition I'm either walking around talking to people, or "in hiding". Students know that I disappear for extended periods. There are a lot of stories of students hunting for me for help with a problem. This year was the best. Virtually zero phone calls or text messages. I helped with ONE problem. We needed two rubber bands and an ethernet extension cable.

During the 'design season' we have daily design reviews and ask lots of tough questions. It is a real design process with daily scrum and continuous feedback and review. It takes me 20 minutes and I walk to the next group working on some other project to see what is going on there.

I walk around the shop like that guy on the motorcycle show, growling at people because the place isn't clean enough, or parts are not where they belong. (edit: maybe I should get a ton of fake tattoos for the competition )

If someone says "what is your opinion on ...." or " what do you think about ..." or "will you help me..... I don't know how to ....." then they will get my attention.

If someone "upward delegates" a problem to me like "where is the whatchmacallit ? " and they are supposed to know where it is I answer "I don't know or care - if putting it back where it belongs isn't important to you, it isn't important to me."

I'm not going to build a robot. I'm not putting up with lazy. I'll bust my butt to help you achieve your goals but I'm not doing it for you. That is pretty much how we roll.

A great mentor guides without giving the answers, teaches through discovery, demonstrates without lecturing, provides support from backstage, observes without hovering, and leads by example. - dlavery

"don't be hating"
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