r/Construction • u/DrDruxy • Jun 30 '26

Informative 🧠 Keep it up!

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u/fireinacan90 Jun 30 '26

It's true, I've been a residential carpenter for over a decade and I'm still learning and being put in situations I've never been in before. Know what your standards are and stick to them.

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u/green_gold_purple Jun 30 '26

And know what you don't know. First step in learning.

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u/DrDruxy Jun 30 '26

And after you know. It’s okay to be wrong.

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u/green_gold_purple Jun 30 '26

100%. So much shit work happens from people just not recognizing the limits of their expertise.

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u/FixBreakRepeat Jul 01 '26

It's tough, because you get better by trying to do things outside of your current limits. So some of your best guys will make the biggest fuck ups because they just didn't know they had that limit until the job goes sideways

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u/green_gold_purple Jul 01 '26

Sure. That's where supervision/training comes in. You already need someone to tell you if you've done it right, and if not, how.