Scared Straight

[dadadadio]

I've been doing what I do for a living since 1982. Twenty nine years of CNC programming, automated metal work, and microscopic tolerances. I started in manufacturing right out of high school, 1979. I was a snotty nosed kid who could not read a micrometer, but I learned

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[koppenhaver]

This sounds like the job site scene from Good Will Hunting where Ben tells Matt that he can do better with his gifts. (One of the best cinematic scenes of all time, btw.)

I'm mentoring a new twenty-something in my office. If handled right, my expectations are that he becomes a better me than me. But just keeping him interested for the long haul is the real challenge.