Subj : Re: New to this
To   : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Apr 21 2025 11:44 am

On 20 Apr 2025 at 07:23p, StormTrooper pondered and said...
 
 St>  bo> And if you speak to people who run their own business, they are findi
 St>  bo> it hard to get good people.  I've thought about taking up a trade, th
 St>  bo> income can be quite good if you're willing to put in a decent amount 
 St>  bo> quality work.
 St>  bo> 
 St>  bo> If you're good, word of mouth gets you far.
 St> 
 St> I believe I started my apprenticeship just before the rot really set into
 St> training.  Tradeschool had arrived at the point there was no pass fail
 St> or how good, it was just competent or incompetent... There was still a
 St> bunch of old guys of various nationalities that would put you in your
 St> place if they thought you weren't doing things right.
 St> 
 St> Over the next few years the incoming apprentices tended to have a chip
 St> on their shoulder, the already knew stuff, didn't like to, or refused to
 St> listen. So I can understand good staff being difficult to locate... on
 St> the other hand if you're going to employ people, you can only take, for
 St> want of a better description the best of bad lot, a perfect fit is going
 St> to be few and far between, and you need to be able to figure out what
 St> makes them tick and get the best out of them.  I've worked for a few
 St> people that were really good at this, and a lot not so much... 
 St> 

Yep.  A lot of shoddy work around.  I also think people just don't have as much pride or care in their work.  Just slap something together and call it a day.

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