UNgracious UNprofessionalism

[PayneTrain]

Originally Posted by flargen507

I should probably reply to this outpouring of apparent anger at my previous post.

I'm not angry at you. I'm frustrated, mostly with myself.

In my relatively short time in the FIRST community it seems like we are stuck listening in on a broken record, constantly slinging the phrases of "mentor-built robots" and "x was un-GP to y, see how GP I am for telling you?" and then the ensuing chorus that barks at those posters. It's clear that as a community we are not adequately addressing the problem because it results in good teams with bright, talented, and driven students and mentors erecting glass ceilings for themselves while the community at large jumps on top of the ceilings and generates a lot of noise without saying anything.

However, I think this is whole FIRST thing is the kind of organization designed to make me feel like no one, myself included, is ever doing enough to help the program reach its true potential. It will never peak, we will never fix everything, we'll always try to make it perfect, and I wouldn't have it any other way.