What Makes A Good Leader?

[davidthefat]

Ok Zach, thank you for your wonderful post, but I do not want to quote it for the sake of the readers. I will say this, I love programming, no question about it, joined robotics for the sake of programming. Now here is where the problem starts, I am terrible at teaching. If you program, it is more about how you think, not the syntax. I code in C++ and Java, we used Java this year, which I personally do not like. Also I told my mentors straight up, I will use C++ next year. Now that I think about it, if I want to be a leader, I probably have to make sacrifices myself, Java is easier to learn than C++. I have 2 more years for robotics, which is not a lot, that means someone else has to step up after me. I think it is better in the long run to have the programmers suffer a little bit learning C++. I am already putting in the extra mile with my mentors, you know about my little autonomous robot project (check my sig). I think the major thing I lack is the ability to teach and patience. I sometimes even freak out (not literally) just a major facepalm moment when guys use too many if statements to do something. Yes, I need to mature on that part if I want to be a leader



edit: Would you find it rude if a Junior ran against you for a leadership position if you were a Senior? I am not sure if this guy is going to run again, but he was the programming leader this year, but I pretty ended up being "the" programmer...