Group projects = major suckage

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

I am firmly convinced if colleges are going to make people do GPs, then they should have a GP class to prepare people on HOW to function in a GP.

Screw that. I don't want another class that's a prerequisite to taking a class. I've already spent countless hours coming up with BS reasons for why I want my degree in order to pass "course planning". It's like trying to come up with a 5-year plan for the Soviet Union. Inflexible, stupid, and completely uneccessary. At best, it should be voluntary.

Personally, I prefer to just do all the work myself, and perhaps delegate a few small and easily manageable tasks to others. If one person takes charge of the responsibilities of people who don't want to do the work it will make the assignment look more as if the group was really working together. Yeah, they get credit for your work, but so what? It'll bite them in the ass later.

My rule of thumb when it comes to GP is that you should do the whole project yourself, or at least most of it, and then go to the GP group. Cover your bases. If someone falls short you can always throw in your own stuff at the last minute.

I don't know what school you're attending, or what the curriculum is like there, but I can say with certainty that someone who has created an online community that unites thousands of people across 5 continents on a daily basis is probably capable of "leading from the front", if you will. Full speed ahead and to hell with the anchors! Let them drag until you can release the chains and let them rust on the seabed.