It takes Years. early in my career, (about 5 years in) I thought i was on top of my game. I started working with Mike A, he was 7 years older than me, and had been at it for at least 14 years. He had a big box truck called THE WUBBIE, Loaded and organized. I remember one day in particular that we worked together, we where installing cedar perfections on a gable end, ground level, returns, Big windows to work around, pretty cut up. This house had 2 gables, he instructed me to set up, work on one, he would work on the other. This was my opportunity to smoke the boss..Now let me describe mike, a little stockie, maybe pudgie Italian guy, he was a technician in all areas of construction, we would build from the ground up, (In House) and there where 4 of us. Mike moved SLOWLY, but never wasted a step, he would spend and hour setting up a job, safely, and efficiently, he would have mid day cleanups to organize his work area. He would never leave the job unorganized at the end of the day. He would set up an area as soon as we arrived on a new job, this area would hold all our hardware, tools, screws, caulking, you name it, he spent time and money keeping it stocked and organized.. Now let me describe myself at the time.....Lets GO GO GO, No need to take the time to set up that scaffold, i will do it all off this ladder, STOP TO CLEAN UP
, are you crazy, that will cut into production time. Lets work till 6 producing, we will clean up tommorrow. Shortcut, where is the shortcut, walk fast, almost run around the job, because i am the fastest and the best:no:. Well here is my chance to smoke the boss, he walks slow, he moves slow, he is always calm. me, i am a ball of energy, SUPERCARPENTER. As the day progressed, and he plotted along, neat and organized, I continued my high wire act, over the bushes, leaning till it hurt, tripping over my cords and cutoffs. Holy ****, he has more shingles up, and his work looks tighter, i dont understand, he is barely moving. By the end of the day, he doubled my production, he smiled, looked just as calm as he did when we first started, i looked in amazement, determined to figure out what he had that i did not, years later i realized, at that time, he was a carpenter, i was not, thats what it means to me. GMOD
, are you crazy, that will cut into production time. Lets work till 6 producing, we will clean up tommorrow. Shortcut, where is the shortcut, walk fast, almost run around the job, because i am the fastest and the best:no:. Well here is my chance to smoke the boss, he walks slow, he moves slow, he is always calm. me, i am a ball of energy, SUPERCARPENTER. As the day progressed, and he plotted along, neat and organized, I continued my high wire act, over the bushes, leaning till it hurt, tripping over my cords and cutoffs. Holy ****, he has more shingles up, and his work looks tighter, i dont understand, he is barely moving. By the end of the day, he doubled my production, he smiled, looked just as calm as he did when we first started, i looked in amazement, determined to figure out what he had that i did not, years later i realized, at that time, he was a carpenter, i was not, thats what it means to me. GMOD
