Mentors VS Students

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by purduephotog

Something else to think of: Sometimes mentors may see a design flaw and try to correct or plan for it if something fails. They may talk and try to steer or get the students to see the problem, but if they don't... said flaw might not manifest until later.

But yes, it's disturbing to be handed a new part when the design hasn't shifted.

This is most definitely true. And most of the time, it seems to be that any given flaw is noticed during the one build session when the person who initially designed that part is absent. No amount of communication will alleviate the frustration of coming back to a new part in this scenario, which seems to happen more often than not in my experience. It's not intentional; it just happens.

It basically boils down to how open-minded everyone is and (agreed) the magnitude of any trust issues.

[pyroslev]

Its easy to see that all teams have the issue of mentor(s) versus students at times. We had a situation last night.

A/The mentor for the programmers came by last night. He's good at what he does but in all honesty he has not read the games rules but once and thought we had another week. He took a minute to watch what they were doing and in his own words as best I remember,

"I think I am ready to usurp control."

I myself am a mentor and am ashamed of his actions and what the results will be on those that were not there to see the changes he made.