At what point does it become unacceptable for a mentor to design/build the robot

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by ebarker

We will probably get blistered this year with criticism because of how it looks and not how it really happened. I don't really know how to counter that and I don't want to waste the time.

I was just having a similar discussion with Chris Picone the other day. We were saying how one of the best compliments we could get on our teams (this may not be the case for all teams, and that is perfectly okay) is when people make the comment that something is "mentor built." I think that's when we've done our jobs well. Now, obviously these comments can be repetitive and annoying for students/mentors to hear overtime (1114, 254..etc.) but I think for new mentors it might be considered an accomplishment depending on how your team is run.

Hope that wasn't off-topic. Carry on.