1. What Happened? Last night we as a class were pressed into an answer as to how long we were wanting to stay and work on our lego 'bots... but none of us could really muster an answer.... I think about half were wanting to power through, however late until it worked... and I think half were so mentally smoked that they were ready to hang it up in defeat.
2. How did I respond? At first I remembered the 29 hr shift I did to get stuff done a while back. I didn't want to leave until a job was completed.... this was different and not for work but still important. I talked with a few others and said I'd be willing to press on as late as others wanted to, but I wasn't gonna keep anyone there late. I know it's supposed to be about the process and not the 'product', but it is real hard to be able to get to the point to step away.
3. Why? I still wanted the robots to conquer the obstacle course... and I wanted to make sure our robot could work as much as possible when called upon. It is really hard for me to know when to drop a commitment and/or when to know a task is completed as closely as it can be done (by me or by a team and I). I think I will have to work on paying closer attention to when that point comes and go through some measures to be more comfortable with calling it done.
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