I’m incredibly lucky my school is so flexible and I’m so trusted. I have parts to work on my bot over the summer, and can basically bring home whatever I want for extended periods of time (as long as I bring it all back eventually).
Everything said above is absolutely true. I couldn’t do Vex without the school sponsoring such a large STEM program (though it’s still new, so our competency doesn’t really show though yet).
I recall when my “team” went to go get food while I sat there working through problems, standing in a Skills line, scouting, and sometimes just conversing with teams and building a network.
I can’t really call myself a one man team for reasons listed in my last post, but I do have a lot of the stresses of one (though not a private one).
My experience in teams
I’ve been in FTC and FRC (among others), where just me being in charge and doing everything just won’t cut it. There’s not enough of me to do it all. And that’s where having (or being a part of, moreso) a team is invaluable. But the team has to work well together.
I know of quite a few times I didn’t get my way when working on something. Most of the time, there was a failure related to it (not that my “way” would have prevented, but it would’ve been a different scenario), but a good amount of the time, it was also for the best.
People have their own ideas for a reason. Learning to sort through and communicate is what makes a great leader. I will say that I consistently had a strong leadership role (and, subjectively, things tended to go well, but that’s [very] narcissistic).
When leading a team, it’s important to know what you’re doing. Conflict resolution, delegation, trust, communication, accountability, etc. all make for a great leader.
But now I’m rambling publicly. Let me know (via pm of you prefer) if you want to hear more. And I’ll just shut up until then.
EDIT: And posts like these are why people don’t like me… hm.