DON'T Do It (Part 4: The Path of Least Resistance)

One of our problems as a country is we’ve gotten away from apprenticeships.

 

You can't treat a new hire today the way we were treated back then in construction. It was almost a right of passage with the job and fellow workers.

 

Youtube is way better. You can still learn how to do stuff, but without hearing about how life was when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

 

Problem with YouTube is the same problem with this site: Too many clueless morons preaching their BS like its the gospel truth. I'd rather learn from an old timer. At least you can read a person IRL and judge just how full of #### they are.

 

I prefer Youtube because I can do it on my time, and the ratio of thumbs up to down is a good indicator of the quality of the video. Then there are comments and questions for any issues. Plus if you decide you don't like it halfway through, you won't hurt its feelings by closing it.

The age of the teacher doesn't really matter. Some old people ramble, some young people ramble. Fast forward helps a lot, too.

 

Another thumbtack worthy addition.

 

My dad alway told me if you want to learn find an old guy and listen. You can see how to do some things on YouTube and a lot more by just doing it but there’s something to be said for having someone watch over your shoulder. There’s a lot of satisfaction to working around someone who is hard on you and you think never thinks your good enough only to find out they’re telling other people how good your doing.

 

I always loved working with the crusty old timers. They knew their stuff and if you proved yourself, they'd show you absolutely everything they knew.