Seeking advice for rookie programming

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Originally Posted by BenBernard

There are lots of good arguments on both sides in this thread, but I think that sticking with what your team as a whole knows best will serve you better. When push comes to shove, your team needs to be able to sort out its own code issues--your neighboring teams won't be there in your pit when the inevitable competition-day bugs arise!

I'd also argue that you're more likely to get urgent programming help here on these forums than from neighboring teams--there's simply a MUCH larger pool to draw on here! Think about the number of responses you've received to this question here in less than 12 hours!

Either way you go--good luck! It's a blast!

Actually, I do end up in other teams pits from time to time when they have code issues. I suppose that how willing other teams are to help may depend on your region. PNW (where I am) tends to be pretty friendly and I would expect that the midwest (where the OP is) would be as well.

One thing that I will note is that the teams that need help are disproportionately using languages other than C++. This suggests to me that teams are more conservative about moving to it than they need to be.