tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post3568923718991370900..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Vanishing CraftsmanSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-83478576495678265262015-06-29T01:18:56.089-04:002015-06-29T01:18:56.089-04:00Been there, done that.....
When my last employer ...Been there, done that.....<br /><br />When my last employer called me back after the company came out of chapter 11, there were three of us the new owner called back.<br /><br />Each of us had been cross-trained when Boeing did the technical management, and all three of us were encouraged to learn any other systems we were remotely interested in.<br /><br />It paid off big time for the new owners, as the three of us got all the systems running again, including ones that were designed in the early 1990s, and needed to be rebuilt using parts that nobody had a clue where to find, but us Old Farts did.<br /><br />The young guys we tried to teach this stuff to either didn't care (find another person to teach), or just couldn't "get it".<br /><br />NONE of them knew even the most basic troubleshooting, and would randomly start changing parts. DUH! If it powered up and the voltages measured to spec, then why are you changing the power supply?<br /><br />Even the "good" ones we tried to train simply had no clue about learning how a system worked so they could diagnose failures. They wanted it all scripted....<br /><br />God help them if they ever try and get those things running again, as all three of us have retired, and wouldn't go back there for $200/hour!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-91377924632235352662015-06-28T19:57:40.127-04:002015-06-28T19:57:40.127-04:00Indeed! There's also a reason for trying to ca...Indeed! There's also a reason for trying to capture how to do things in procedures and documentation, but that's not simply a matter of writing documents down. <br /><br />Important knowledge gets lost. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-52736015298949555412015-06-28T17:24:34.201-04:002015-06-28T17:24:34.201-04:00I would only note today's attempted launch of ...I would only note today's attempted launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with Dragon capsule to ISS. There's a reason it's called Rocket Science...Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.com