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Hey guys, I'm Zach Wilson. Before moving
to FRC, I was on FTC Team 5628, The Tau

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Manifesto, and I've been helping them with
software basically ever since. I'm now on

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FRC Team 2468, Team Appreciate. I made
this resource basically to supplement our

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normal meetings. It isn't supposed to
replace our mentors, and it definitely

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isn't pretending that a website can teach
you everything about a robot. It's just

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something that supports what we're already
doing together. The reality is that our

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mentors have jobs, families, and a lot
going on. And obviously, I can't make it

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to every meeting or be there every day
either. Sometimes you're at home and want

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to get ahead. Sometimes you miss an
explanation or you get stuck between

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meetings and don't want to wait several
days before you can keep learning. That's

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where this resource should help. Use the
lessons to get enough background that you

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can try something yourself and come back
with better questions. This isn't supposed

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to be some giant course that you have to
complete in order. And if a mentor gives

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you guidance for a current robot, season,
or codebase, listen to that first. This

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website isn't season-specific, and our
mentors know what the team is actually

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working on. The goal is to make the time
we do have together more useful. There are

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basically two parts: the lessons and the
Vault. The lessons help you learn or

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review a topic. The Vault is more like the
team's shelf of things we commonly need:

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code examples for hardware on a robot,
edge detector examples, notes, and other

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patterns we reuse year after year. If you
just need to remember how we normally do

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something, check the Vault instead of
digging through old lessons. Use the

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lessons at home to learn or get ahead. Use
the Vault when you need a quick answer.

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Use both of them with our mentors, not
instead of them. That's really it. Start

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with whatever is useful for what you're
working on right now.