Missing valuable work days!

[scottydoh]

hah, a day or two missed due to snow is nothing, here in smithtown, every year, the second week of build season our one and only team leader/teacher goes on a "technology educators" conference in orlando, thats a whole 7 days down the drain, plus all the sundays and saturday afternoons we loose. so in reality, 810 is building a robot in 3 1/2 weeks instead of 6...

[synth3tk]

-12 with windchills in the ZOMFG-I'M-FREEZING-MAH-BUTT-OFF range.

Nothing in the area is open currently, sans obvious locations (police, hospitals, etc), so teams who can work outside of schools are at much of an advantage. But I'm not jealous, because I probably wouldn't go to the meeting even if we had one.

[surferacf]

We lost today due to -15 to -25 wind chills. No school Monday (MLK) or Tuesday (Teacher Report Writing) means bad news for our build team!

(I'm glad our CAD teacher advocated switching us to Pro/E. We're behind schedule on the model, and are just going to keep working from home!)

[kirtar]

[SARCASM]Oh come, It's only like -10... with -25 windchill or something like that.[/SARCASM]

[sloteera]

You have no idea about the problems that Brazilian Teams has.

Every year, we need to wait around 2 weeks after kickoff to receive the kit. And some years, we need to finish our robot with one week less.

The main problem call it: Brazilian Bureaucracy!!!!!!!


Unfortunately just have capacity isn't enough!!

[Wetzel]

We here in the UK also had problems getting our kit of parts. We didn't receive our kit of parts until Monday the 12th, 9 days after kickoff. What burns me is that FIRST didn't even ship them until the 7th.

Oh well, AndyMark got us our wheel order in fast, it arrived on the 7th so we were able to test with that. The CD community and my friends throughout FIRST were able to give me useful information and comments on the nature of the game pieces. So onwards we move.


Wetzel

[Anna B.]

Well, I'm just glad build season isn't in December because of the huge ice storm schools canceled the 8 days before Christmas Vacation, so we basically had no school for 24 days straight and no power for half of that.

[GaryVoshol]

We always liked MLK day. While there were no classes, the school was open. [Dean mode]After all, the basketball team had to practice.[/ Dean mode] So we often could get extra hours in.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

We always liked MLK day. While there were no classes, the school was open. [Dean mode]After all, the basketball team had to practice.[/ Dean mode] So we often could get extra hours in.

Seconding this notion, it also means that 397's plethora of college mentors (myself included) can all be there which RARELY happens.

Sadly snow days don't exist in the world of work of college. In college you MIGHT get lucky and have a prof cancel class but you usually only find out after you walk over there (in -9 degree weather) and then you have to walk back. Also work, no snow days. The day we got ~12" of snow DURING the work day was particularly bad. Our CEO sent out an email telling us to flee to our homes. Several of us hitched rides with others because our cars were stuck in snow drifts such as the 14+" one that was our drive.

These are some of the reasons I REALLY want to get out of the North. I am not a huge fan of snow or temperatures that make my skin freeze.

[Siri]

Last year our school didn't let us in when school was out. Between several days of inclement weather and a 2 week strike in the the middle of build season, we lost a good chunk of time. We ended up moving out of the school at 10PM one night and working in a stable (which was actually unbelievably fun), and still had some snow.

This year looks better. We're in a more accessible place, and it's only -5 out right now, with no snow until Sunday-Monday. We're really not in the worst of snow country, and every location has its problems to some extent. I do really admire our overseas teams, though!