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Ifeel the same, about 7yrs into the trade for me & every-time I read on this site I feel like I dont know anything!
i know how you feel half way to humble!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL! Originally Posted by J-thetechwizard I call myself "J-thetechwizard" because I have made it through "EW" school and 4 years of the NAV...HVAC school, years of residential and light commercial work and over 10 years in retail telcom.... but after 1 month of visiting this site, I feel like not even the "magicians apprentice" but more like the mindless "Broom"!!! Just carrying buckets of water across the room , not even knowing "WHY" !!!! HUMBLE....is not even in my vocabulary yet!!
I call myself "J-thetechwizard" because I have made it through "EW" school and 4 years of the NAV...HVAC school, years of residential and light commercial work and over 10 years in retail telcom.... but after 1 month of visiting this site, I feel like not even the "magicians apprentice" but more like the mindless "Broom"!!! Just carrying buckets of water across the room , not even knowing "WHY" !!!! HUMBLE....is not even in my vocabulary yet!!
this is very true! Originally Posted by chuckcrj That's better than saying, "I've been doing this for 30 years, you can't teach me anything!"
Originally Posted by supertek65 if you think you know anything at all after 3 or 4 years? you have a loooooooooooong road ahead of you!!!!!!!!! that is what is so cool! every single day every day! i do something where I say to myself! wow thats how that works!!!!!!!!! or I didnt know that did that??????? or i guess i have been doing that wrong for 30 years!!!!!! That's better than saying, "I've been doing this for 30 years, you can't teach me anything!"
if you think you know anything at all after 3 or 4 years? you have a loooooooooooong road ahead of you!!!!!!!!! that is what is so cool! every single day every day! i do something where I say to myself! wow thats how that works!!!!!!!!! or I didnt know that did that??????? or i guess i have been doing that wrong for 30 years!!!!!!
Originally Posted by 000 I have 8 years in the trade and I work for a union shop. I was the top apprentice in my graduating class, and I am amazed at how LITTLE I know. Scouring through the forums, looking at all the questions asked and answered blows me away. I am new to this forum, and I think I can learn a lot here just by reading and taking notes. Our shop has our fair share of chiller work, ice plant, pumps and towers, all the major mini split and vrv systems, and your regular old package units and heat pumps; but I have so much to learn......... Thanks for that, triple ought. I feel much better at not quite 1 1/2 years in the field. I have to say coming here every night has been a big help...and really humbling.
Been in the business almost 15 years and I don't claim to know anything. When I first got into the industury, I worked with a journeyman pipefitter who had never worked on a gas appliance. Funny, because "outsiders" think because you do hvac/r, you know everything about everything. The day I stop learning is the day I need to retire.
should i have asked for more??????????? Originally Posted by chuckcrj You better accept, I could learn a lot from you! We don't work on big chillers though!
Originally Posted by supertek65 oh and he offered me a dollar an hour more than you and a truck with power windows!!!!!!!! You better accept, I could learn a lot from you! We don't work on big chillers though!
oh and he offered me a dollar an hour more than you and a truck with power windows!!!!!!!! Originally Posted by chuckcrj Call him back and tell him he couldn't diagnose his way out of a paper sack!!!!!
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Originally Posted by chuckcrj Call him back and tell him he couldn't diagnose his way out of a paper sack!!!!!
Originally Posted by supertek65 chuck i talked to your boss today he says your level has not raised from a .5 to a 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so this site has helped a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Call him back and tell him he couldn't diagnose his way out of a paper sack!!!!!
chuck i talked to your boss today he says your level has not raised from a .5 to a 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so this site has helped a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Originally Posted by chuckcrj Welcome to H-talk. It is a good place to learn the trade. I wouldn't be anywhere near my current level as a technician without this (and others) site.
Originally Posted by 000 I have 8 years in the trade and I work for a union shop. I was the top apprentice in my graduating class, and I am amazed at how LITTLE I know. Scouring through the forums, looking at all the questions asked and answered blows me away. I am new to this forum, and I think I can learn a lot here just by reading and taking notes. Our shop has our fair share of chiller work, ice plant, pumps and towers, all the major mini split and vrv systems, and your regular old package units and heat pumps; but I have so much to learn......... Welcome to H-talk. It is a good place to learn the trade. I wouldn't be anywhere near my current level as a technician without this (and others) site.
I have 1860 contacts. You are one! Lol
X2 Originally Posted by flange A really good tech takes about ten to fifteen years ot develop. In the meantime, try ot be humble, or the machines will do it to you, lol. Read, ask questions, build a library in your home, and start storing phone numbers. In general, A really good mechanic has more phone numbers than an average one. Form relationships on the jobs, helping those you can, and asking for help where necessary. always remeber..."you dont have to know all of the answers, but you do have to know where to go to get them". rolodex and library are two good sources, this place can be another if you have enough information ot ask the right questions. As an example, my phone holds only 800 numbers, it is full.
A really good tech takes about ten to fifteen years ot develop. In the meantime, try ot be humble, or the machines will do it to you, lol. Read, ask questions, build a library in your home, and start storing phone numbers. In general, A really good mechanic has more phone numbers than an average one. Form relationships on the jobs, helping those you can, and asking for help where necessary. always remeber..."you dont have to know all of the answers, but you do have to know where to go to get them". rolodex and library are two good sources, this place can be another if you have enough information ot ask the right questions. As an example, my phone holds only 800 numbers, it is full.
I used to try to memorize everything. Read read read. After several years I realized I have a maximum capacity of working memory. Haha. Smart phone full of manuals and acceptance of the fact that I can't know everything gives me piece of mind in this very complex but rewarding trade. Don't beat yourself up we all have to learn every day.
I have found it's not how much you know . No one is born knowing HVAC and no one can remember every detail .. Learn where to find the information , have the skills to understand what you are reading and how and to apply it.
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