Mentor/Student Involvement Philosophies

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Originally Posted by ZackAlfakir

Sorry I haven't been following through with this thread due to build season, but as a Student, I actually teach all of the lower classmen how to program. As someone with 3 years of experience, I actually don't touch the robot code for the most part, and instead I help all of the other kids understand how to do their part.

From my experience, all you really need is dedication and determination. My Rule #1 for programming team is "All Day Errey Day" and they really believe that, and that is what makes our team sucessful.

Excellent. pretend you're a few years older now and are either in the process of getting your degree or have it. Congrats, you just described what most all mentors do. Here's your free corndog.
(though some mentors they may actively contribute to code too).

(as a side note, I hated in high school when my team leadership tried forcing me to teach others how to work with the control system. While I liked explaining it and helping others while they were interested, they wanted me to step back and let the underclassmen do most of the work. If I'm a student on a team, I want to be inspired, and I get my inspiration by doing the actual programming myself...)