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03-29-2024, 9:08am | #41 | |||||||
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Over my 45 year career I've mentored many less experienced engineers, teaching them about common sense. I was trained using 2-dimensional drafting, a calculator, pencil and paper and the younger guys had something called "software". I recall several times where their PC would spit out bullshit and I'd ask them "does that make sense to you?", repeating it until they got the message. |
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The key here is being taught from a young age to handle tools and prioritizing repair and construction . I have several “guys” who were raised this way and they’re who I call . My dad had a tool drawer in the kitchen, I was handier than he was when I was 8. What he taught me was to run and spin off businesses. I learned what he couldn’t teach again by knowing how to hire good people and KEEP them around for a long time. I couldn’t have done any of that as well as being retired at 53 if I was always fixing the things that broke in my world. BUT I have huge respect for those who do possess the abilities to build and repair.
Knowing your limits is the key. Should the day ever come that I can’t afford to pay the guy I will have a the time to remedy myself. |
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In my house my wife calls it the "man drawer"; one drawer in the kitchen that I'm allowed to keep my things in. Been that way since we got married.
I had a painter- tile-drywall guy for years. Joe was a few years older but failed to make sound decisions about his life when he was younger, and continued to make bad decisions later on. I hired him for many tasks since it made more sense for focus on making money in my business. Joe got lazy over the years and I eventually had to stop hiring him. I'm lucky to have some good client contractors that I can rely on for stuff that's more than I can handle by myself, like my addition. Ryan's company did the excavation, concrete and block, framing, roofing, installed windows and gutters, drywall. I did the design, permitting, electrical, plumbing, and heating. That saved huge dollars because of the scarcity of good tradesmen in this region. It also saved a tremendous amount of time on the schedule, since I was "on call" during the entire rough-in. Then I hired my friend Mark for some of the painting and all of the finished carpentry. |
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I too was handier than my dad by about age 8. My parents, both professionals, looked down on blue collar workers and those who worked with their hands. I had to learn on my own, and did. I had a passion for working on engines and vehicles of all types, and got some mentoring from the fathers of friends and their grandparents, who were self-educated handymen. To this day, I have much respect for those who can do great work with their hands, be it laying a perfect weld or flying a helicopter. Respect for psychologists and popes and preachers? Not so much.
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