The growth of craftsmen
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I have been working in a design institute since graduation. I feel that the growth process of a craftsman is very long. Without ten or eight years of experience, he cannot be alone. Moreover, the projects I do are so diverse that it is difficult to be called an expert in a certain field. I wonder if everyone feels the same?
Alas, I want to enter a design institute, but I’m depressed and don’t know how to get in.
If you go to the site to operate for a period of time, or supervise the project you designed. You will find that there are many problems and some minor mistakes that you did not pay attention to in the design. For example, the steel structure stairs are just opposite to the diagonal stays of the columns. The net height is only 1.8 meters and other issues.
The third floor is engaged in civil engineering. If this kind of problem occurs, it is not a qualified designer at all. In addition, designers are not gods. It is impossible not to make mistakes. Even if you are engaged in construction, it is impossible not to make any mistakes.
The clear height of 1.8 meters is not necessarily all the responsibility of the design. For example, if your factory building on the ground floor requires 6 meters, a 3-meter mezzanine is required in part, and heavy equipment or moving equipment must be placed upstairs. Naturally, the clear height will be lower when the beams are larger. If the owner insists on doing this, what can the supervisor say?
After working for ten or eight years, it’s pretty good to be called an expert in a certain field.
I feel that being a project manager requires knowledge in many aspects, not only design but also proficiency in practice.
The key depends on your own understanding and diligence, and it doesn't necessarily take that long.
It mainly depends on your own efforts. In addition, if you have a good master to lead you, you will grow faster.
Yes, I do crafts, but I feel that what I do now is very complicated, and there is no fixed direction. I just do it when a project comes, and I have to learn everything from scratch. If this continues, I will really have to work for 10 years before I can be independent. Haha, I don’t know how I will develop in the future?
I will wait 10 years to judge whether what my predecessors said is correct or not, but thank you for your advice.
10 years is too long, just seize the day. Be diligent and you will learn quickly!
What is craft? It requires a wide range of knowledge and rich experience, and of course it needs to be tempered. But as long as you are a conscientious person and focus on your career, it doesn’t take ten years, three years is enough, haha