Subj : Re: New to this
To   : boraxman
From : StormTrooper
Date : Sun Apr 20 2025 07:23 pm

 bo> And if you speak to people who run their own business, they are finding
 bo> it hard to get good people.  I've thought about taking up a trade, the
 bo> income can be quite good if you're willing to put in a decent amount of
 bo> quality work.
 bo> 
 bo> If you're good, word of mouth gets you far.

I believe I started my apprenticeship just before the rot really set into training.  Tradeschool had arrived at the point there was no pass fail or how good, it was just competent or incompetent... There was still a bunch of old guys of various nationalities that would put you in your place if they thought you weren't doing things right.

Over the next few years the incoming apprentices tended to have a chip on their shoulder, the already knew stuff, didn't like to, or refused to listen. So I can understand good staff being difficult to locate... on the other hand if you're going to employ people, you can only take, for want of a better description the best of bad lot, a perfect fit is going to be few and far between, and you need to be able to figure out what makes them tick and get the best out of them.  I've worked for a few people that were really good at this, and a lot not so much... 

ST

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