Decisions And More Decisions.
I feel like I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Or maybe I'm just not thinking about myself and more about people that would not do the same for me? Aren't we all like that?
I've reached a point in my career where I am no longer learning... I am on the other hang gaining experience, more and more everyday but learning and experience should go hand in hand right?
I mean be gaining the experience but I am stagnating in broadening my knowledge around what I am currently doing.
That doesn't sit all that well with me because I try to aim high and especially so when it comes to the field I'm in.
The reason for that is because the trade I am in is saturated with a whole lot of people and to be the best you have to be THE BEST! (Actually most people in my line of work tend to be the scum of society... those that didn't really want to achieve something in life. Hard as it may sound it is the truth)
(This is not ALWAYS the case and might not be the case globally but here in my country if you can't find anything else you tend to swing a spanner and do the dirty work nobody wants to do.)
This isn't about judging.
Nope let's get back on track.
I've reached that point... the point where I am all saturated with the knowledge that the current company I work for can provide. Now people tell me that loyalty is everything BUT to whom?
Should I be loyal to people who just pay me to do a job or should I be loyal to myself and not allow stagnation to happen? After all at the end you should care for yourself right?
As much as I don't want to do it I think I might need to make a move... There is so much more I can learn in this trade of mine and I've got to constantly fill my pockets with new knowledge new ideas and new experiences.
I have to be a cut above the rest to stand out for that cut above the rest job.
The company I work for now would no doubt be able to replace me for someone who they can pay cheaper, but they can't replace the experience that I've gained... at-least not with someone where I'm from, people don't do what I do around here.
So which brings me back to loyalty over knowledge? Should I care what happens here after I am gone? Is it really my concern? Should I not care more for myself than for someone that just makes money out of me?
Decisions And More Decisions!
Connecting the people of #HIVE across South Africa. #hive
What are your long-term goals?
Are you planning to move or stay where you are? If memory serves, you live near extended family and the family homestead.
Would you want to open your own shop? This might have greater financial rewards, but it would also mean less wrench work and more wrangling the same knuckleheads you were disparaging.
Do you want to move beyond transmissions to engine work, or remain a specialist? What about heavy industry like mining, or long-haul trucking?
Does this add more confusion, or help focus your thinking?
Well the long term goal is to open my own shop, but that's something I'll have to work hard for. It's a risky thing starting a business from scratch here in South Africa and especially so in the town I am currently living in... the town is sort of dying so I wont be opening one here... however me and the Betty are planning to move down to the seaside within the next 10- max 15 years...
I don't at all want to move over to engines, I like drive trains. Not that I mind learning about engines but I feel the market is saturated with oaks that can work on engines.. transmissions is a totally different ball game that's why I'm dedicating so much towards it. (But as I said I do want the knowledge around engines, but you've got to pick your poison because gaining knowledge around engines means I have to actually start working more on them, I mean I understand the fundementals quite good. The other thing is you can't just pick up a good book and learn about engines... the only way you can truely learn stuff in this trade is through hard earned experience.)
As for heavy equipment, that game is also a little different here... that's a nasty direction to go... the reason for that is because most techies just patch them up, as long as the wheels turn it's the next guys problem... yes you can argue that I can do a better job of things but people wont pay for a better job when there is someone cheaper.
So all in all, yes I would like to stick to transmission (Mainly automatics) and yes I am planning on moving out of town and then starting my own thing in a more upclass town.
It's a touchy subject about the farm/homestead I would be far away from it then and it'll be like losing a loved one 😅 I'll miss it. But I have a whole lot of siblings that can manage it and build that up on it's own. (I would very much like to retire next to the seaside somewhere! Very much!)
Ill come back to this later tonight, going to be busy today.