Mentors not wanting to stay

[Ian Curtis]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

I am personally a very busy person and it is possible that a personal crisis for me could have a global economic impact.

Then for the sake of my 401k, stop posting on Chiefdelphi & get back to work!!!

I will echo every other mentor's comments -- it gets much more difficult to mentor as you get older. When I was a student, I wanted to meet every possible minute of every day. As an adult, you have to balance many other commitments. As others have said, the best way to make your mentors stick around is A) get more mentors & B) use every minute you've got productively.

[JStein]

"Spheres of Influence". Control what is in your control (your actions, how you spend your time), influence what you can influence (encourage others to work hard, spend time wisely, stay longer hours), and try not to worry about the things for which you have neither control nor influence! This may seem obvious, but frequently time is wasted worrying/complaining about things that are outside of our control while things that could have materially improved a situation are neglected.

As a side note, if the team you're part of isn't a good fit for your goals and you have no options to change the situation, it may be time to look for a different team.

[MechEng83]

Originally Posted by JStein

As a side note, if the team you're part of isn't a good fit for your goals and you have no options to change the situation, it may be time to look for a different team.

This is no small feat, btw. Many school-based teams are limited to students from within the district.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by MechEng83

This is no small feat, btw. Many school-based teams are limited to students from within the district.

It's also a resource issue right? There's a great big difference between the resources at a veteran FRC11 and a lot of new teams.

That was why I decided to decouple that issue by building my own parallel unaffiliated programming (robot hardware) and CNC resources from FRC11/193.

This way if teams in general need help there's no conflict of interest.
For example when I offer this.

It's not terribly appropriate to offer without discourse with FRC11/193 their resources, so I offer only mine and my time.
There was a time I couldn't afford this process because I don't derive my income from this (I used to perform manufacturing it's more a hobby now) but increasingly it's not an issue.
This way the costs and impacts of my decisions are not visited upon them without agreement.

[techhelpbb]

Originally Posted by Ian Curtis

Then for the sake of my 401k, stop posting on Chiefdelphi & get back to work!!!

I will echo every other mentor's comments -- it gets much more difficult to mentor as you get older. When I was a student, I wanted to meet every possible minute of every day. As an adult, you have to balance many other commitments. As others have said, the best way to make your mentors stick around is A) get more mentors & B) use every minute you've got productively.

What 401k

I can't access just your 401k. No if my folks screw up we just take it all out.
So nothing personal.

What that doesn't make it any better?....hmm.

Just for the record - notice when I wrote that previous post.