Comment by bjcy

I understand the frustration. I've run into from a few of my students on the FTC teams that I mentor in my neighborhood. I think that this can be attributed to a lack of really great educational material (there is good stuff out there, but it can be hard to find when the build season really picks up), but on the flip side, I've seen kids in elementary school pick up the basics of dataflow programming, especially when working with the NXT-G software that comes with the Mindstorms NXT.

It's definitely a tool and one should always use the best tool for the job. Sometimes the best tool is not necessarily the one with the most suited features, but the one that you're most adept at using. Either way, thanks for the input, really. It helps a lot to understand what people walk away with when they use a product you've been a part of, and I love that HN users are honest and gracious in their feedback. Cheers.