[zeven7]

> how much dead weight the team was carrying in students who participated in the middle school Lego league, who did not have even the basic coding/engineering skills to make any contribution to the high school team other than paying the membership dues

That kind of just sound like middle school. The clubs and sports I was involved in were things I was very bad at.

[diceduckmonk]

It sounds a lot like college and school as a whole for me. I was in a top 5 CS program, too. Entering the workforce was the first time I felt empowered by the team dynamic. Quite possibly this is where imposter syndrome comes from. Maybe I’ve progressed to my maximum level of incompetence where I am now the deadweight.

[Teknoman117]

I never thought of it this way.

6 years in and many people around me look up to and/or respect me and I always feel like they're making a horrible choice.

[primitivesuave]

I'm referring to the FIRST robotics competition for high school students - it is normally an afterschool activity, and most high schools in the Bay Area have a team. The team was open for anyone to join, but only the handful of students who were actually interested in participating would join.