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Crashing and Burning... I agree!
Posted by Michael Betts, Engineer on team #177, Bobcat Robotics, from South Windsor High School and International Fuel Cells.
Posted on 4/8/99 10:53 AM MST
In Reply to: Extended Sleep Deprivation posted by Raul on 4/8/99 6:00 AM MST:
Raul's point is very well taken. The amount of work WILL expand to fill all available time!
I once had a company CEO who's favorite saying was that 'Engineers, left to their own devices, will never bring a product to market.'
FIRST asked me (approx 3 years ago) about lengthening the design phase. My reply was 'God NO!' (please excuse the blasphemy). If you give a team 6 weeks, they will have a working machine in 5-1/2. If you give them 12, it will take 11-1/2!
While the situation I just described is a little different than Dodd's proposal, the premise is the same.
If we had our robot right now, I know we'd still be working on it. I do not think I could possibly stand a longer season.
I still have not done my taxes....
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