It’s my choice, right? Looking forward to everyone's opinions.

Your concerns are unfounded; the idea that one becomes incompetent as soon as they go to the workshop is a clear underestimation of workers. One should cherish such opportunities and learn diligently from experienced craftsmen. Sometimes there is a gap between theory and practice, and combining the two helps with future design work.

It would be good if you could go back in the future, but I’m worried that you might not have enough strength to do so; or perhaps the managers don’t value you as much as you value yourself. If that happens, you’ll just have to leave, and they won’t want you to come back either... Those who understand the field can achieve a design quality of 95%, while those who don’t understand it can only achieve 90%. But it seems like you’re not in the field of design – at most, you work in the engineering department of a manufacturing unit; it’s not considered a real design firm. The only true design firms are the design institutes... People in maintenance positions hardly ever get the chance to move into design roles, and those who work in design are also reluctant to take on maintenance tasks... Honestly, it’s good that you want to use retreat as a strategy to move forward, but I’m worried that it will be easy for you to retreat, but difficult to move back up again... Every newcomer in the field of design wants to spend more time on site, but those who are truly willing to work on site are very few... Thankfully, the original poster isn’t actually in the field of design anyway...

When I was young, I always felt that I was destined to become someone important, that I was the center of the world, and that everything would go as I imagined. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized, upon looking back, that what seems possible is often, in fact, impossible....

To use an imperfect analogy, you’re like a recent graduate who has passed the civil service exam and ended up working as a junior clerk in some unimportant department in the city. The salary isn’t high, but life is fairly comfortable…… Yet you’re not satisfied; you think to yourself that it will take forever to make any progress like this. So you submit a request to your supervisor, asking to be sent to Tibet for training, because you remember that Brother Hu came from there. You believe that only the most challenging environments can help one grow, allow one to fully demonstrate their talents, and truly take one’s civil service career to its peak…… Your supervisor is happy too, because he has a nephew who also passed the civil service exam this year and wants to work at your department; he was worried about not having enough positions available. Now that you’ve volunteered to take on a more difficult role, he encourages you warmly and even comes to see you off…… He says, “Brother, have a good journey......” And that’s what I wanted to say to you…… :lol :lol :lol

Thank you to the person above. Apart from the six-month training period when I first joined the company, I have been working in design all this time. In the future, I want to work in engineering; I think that even if I end up working in the workshop and can no longer return to the technical department, I might feel some regret. But since it’s my own choice, I won’t regret it later. Moreover, I don’t want to keep dealing with equipment management in the workshop forever – I still want to focus on design and engineering. The on-site experience in the workshop will surely be helpful for my development. Do you know anyone with experience in this area? I’ve already talked to my supervisor, and they’re generally in agreement. I’ll go to the workshop in a few days. Anyway, I think I’ll try my best. Just as it says in my signature: No matter when you start, what’s important is not to stop once you’ve started; no matter when you finish, what’s important is not to regret it afterward. This post was last edited by harveychen on 2009-3-3 07:55]

Support – on-site experience is extremely important!

Keep it up, OP! This is the spirit of youth, and it’s also the advantage that allows young people to be brave and determined in facing challenges

It’s a good thing to take advantage of being young and seek out more opportunities to exercise! Besides, staying in the office to do menial tasks as an ordinary employee – young people are on the same starting line too, right? They should be able to show what they can do as well

I’m not in favor of going to the workshop, because the work there is very boring – it mainly involves filling out forms and counting things. In contrast, design offers more opportunities for personal development, and if you don’t know something, you can ask the experienced workers for advice.

Since you have production workshops, it’s not necessary to be there constantly; you can visit the workshops in your free time while working on designs. Our company also has production workshops, and I belong to the design department – I go to the workshops several times a day to see how they produce products, and to understand how they handle those aspects of the work that I’m not clear about from the drawings. There are so many regulations and standards to learn when working on designs, but when you’re actually in the workshop, there’s still much less opportunity to learn.

I can use practical experience to verify the correctness of theories, thereby laying a solid foundation for design work.

Once a choice is made, one should do their best, regardless of the outcome, because no one knows what tomorrow will bring. Keep it up O(∩_∩)O~

Since LZ has thought it through so well, why come and ask then~~~ You have to forge your own path~~~ It’s not someone else who will tell you the way~~~ Seize the opportunity wisely~~~

Thank you to everyone above; I believe I’ll make the most of it as well

When I first started working there, I spent time in the technical team with those people. Later, I thought it would be good to gain experience in the workshop, working alongside the workers. Most of them were quite friendly, but there were a few who thought that since I was a university graduate, they didn’t want to get close to me. Over time, I just stopped caring about that. I spent 10 months in the workshop, doing whatever the workers did. To be honest, the work in the workshop is quite exhausting, and it involves repeating the same tasks day after day. There are also many things to keep in mind during actual operations, far more than what’s described in the procedures

Jindian, I agree; it’s important to stay calm

Once you’ve made a decision, don’t hesitate; master the knowledge on the job site. Even if you can’t return to this design position, you can still work in design elsewhere—as long as you have the skills.

Thank you to all my kind friends. I wonder if there are any of you who have experienced this situation personally; please share your thoughts