Max Age for FRC Participants?

[GreyingJay]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

The internal structure of your team is up to you. I know there are some teams that draw distinctions between "junior mentors" and "senior mentors," with the latter consisting of college students and team alumni. Perhaps such a structure could work for your team if you draw in local 18-24 year olds.

I really like this idea.

I was more or less a "junior mentor" in my first year of involvement with an FRC team. I learned a ton about FRC, robotics, fabrication, etc. And even though I had pre-existing experience with software engineering, I still learned a lot about the particular tools and processes we use, including how to explain things in ways that high school students understand. A great learning experience all around (and one that should never end, even with the promotion to "senior mentor").