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I used to weld in a shipyard, and one of the things I miss about it was that literally everyone I worked with was skilled and knowledgeable about our work. The
by Baeocystin 3y ago
I used to weld in a shipyard, and one of the things I miss about it was that literally everyone I worked with was skilled and knowledgeable about our work. There was literally no way to fake being able to do what we did, so all the ego-first blowhards crashed out before they could affect our day-to-day much.
It was refreshing.
- systems_glitch 3y agoBurn that jet rod! All trades are like that to one degree or another. I end up working with a lot of factory/plant maintenance personnel, and yeah there's the occasional dropout who's not pulling his weight, but mostly it's super competent people no matter what their responsibility is. In jobs at semiconductor fab places, usually the head of maintenance holds a master's or PhD and still rebuilds turbopumps and blown out ion gauges when needed.