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Re: Work Ethic, Pride in Workmanship, Sense of Accomplishment



On Tuesday, January 21, 2020 at 10:40:27 AM UTC-5, Bob La Londe wrote:
> I wonder what ever happened to Graham.  I think he was the ne on this=20
> group who told me most people absolutely do not have those things.  He=20
> said, "A tech wants to do as little work as possible for the most amount=
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> of money possible PERIOD."
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> Whether it was him or not... its true.  There are rare exceptions and=20
> some shades of grey, but generally its true.  I think if I had taken him=
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> at his word right then and there I would have fired everybody sooner and=
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> made a lot more money.

It's the very reason that I work alone and have for over 20 / 25 (?) years =
now.

Don't know that I make more money because I have to work longer hours to ac=
complish what I should be able to accomplish is less then half the time if =
I had a worker that ------- well ------ worked or that I didn't have to go =
back and correct stupid mistakes and shortcuts. OR ----- have to go back an=
d make excuses for someone else's shitty workmanship.=20

The ono overwhelming benefit ------ I'm happy and enjoy what I do and have =
a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction in what I do. And ---- I g=
et paid for it.


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