Students, Time put into start of build - end of season?

[rkbot]

Hey, i was just wondering how much time on average the rest of the students involved in first sink into doing this. Another team member and I on 2013 have put in a little over 500 hours since then start of build season. 320 in the 6 weeks of build and another 200 in the time since then (this involves competitions). We were both at robotics daily with few exceptions and still working very regularly after build was over.

So, how much time do you all sink into this?

[Nathan Rossi]

Probably too much.

[EDesbiens]

Our team decided to instore a clock in system during the 6 weeks... It only counts the job done in our local. Students did between 30h and 250h each at school during the build period... Im curious about the amount of time spent working at home and after the season...

[T^2]

500-600 hours. About the same as last year.

[VioletElizabeth]

342 hours and 9 minutes. We clock in and out for emergency know who's there purposes as well as tracking hours.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by Nathan Rossi

Probably too much.

Probably not enough

[Andrew Schreiber]

During build, sub 80 hours of shop time. Since then? Maybe another 40 hours of shop time.

Work smarter, not harder.

[dellagd]

Quick calc gives a bit less than 400 hours a competition season for me. This doesn't include the CAD work at home though...

[joelg236]

Probably somewhere around 400-500 hours during build season, and easily 300+ after.

I didn't go to school...

[rkbot]

Originally Posted by joelg236

Probably somewhere around 400-500 hours during build season, and easily 300+ after.

I didn't go to school...

That is what the other team member and i were like last year. We were both walking zombies, he got mono and missed a month of school right after all the competitions too.

Did your grades drop a lot from missing the school? Mine last year were about 10% lower than they should have been.

[joelg236]

Originally Posted by rkbot

That is what the other team member and i were like last year. We were both walking zombies, he got mono and missed a month of school right after all the competitions too.

Did your grades drop a lot from missing the school? Mine last year were about 10% lower than they should have been.

Yup. I finished 66% of high school in grade ten, and am now barely graduating. With a much lower average than I could make.

[rkbot]

I love how this teaches more than we will ever learn from school but hurts our education in highschool.

[Connerd]

I actually kept track of this during the 2014 season. I spent ~700 hours working on our robot. This involves actual build sessions, my study halls, my lunch hours, my Saturdays, my entire spring break (actually spent more time with the robot than my family, including sleep), and competitions.
I probably should have noticed that I didn't have a life around the 350~400 hour mark...,
<edit> Oh, did I mention that I didn't go into robotics at all this week, and am staying home on Saturday, just to catch up on my homework and badly-missed sack time? </edit>

[alexander.h]

Personally, I've been there every single time during build season and I've put in 250-300 hours during the 6 weeks. I can't imagine how some people could put in 500 hours! I struggled to find time to do homework and projects (while maintaining a 94% average). I don't know how I would have survived 500 hours!

[sanddrag]

I have over 700 hours. Our top student has over 500, with a few others over 400. All have over 180.

As a team, we've put in about 10,000 man-hours this season.