I take great pride in my work. & will put my skills up against any mason out there.
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...31109210_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6041770_n.jpg Looking out across the Platte river bottoms. Stoning the chimney https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot..._7810049_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot..._2489590_n.jpg Rebuilt this tunnel opening couple summers ago https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot..._6900886_n.jpg The start of a 200 foot railroad trestle https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot..._1536666_n.jpg Free standing arch. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...33753990_n.jpg |
I just retired after 37 years in health-care and every day I went to work it wasn't work, it was a love affair. I know I have a lot to learn yet but I am very good at fixing spines. I can fix most herniated discs that I see and can restore the natural curves to a patients spine if they will do what is asked of them, which will cure a myriad of problems. My field is constantly changing so I am still learning more and more. I love it. I had to retire because after 37 years an old spinal cord injury finally caught up with me. Although they said I would never walk again I was out of my wheelchair within a year of being told I would never walk, which was 40 years ago, and tried to help as many people as I could with disabling injuries or conditions. I have a Masters Degree in nutrition also but always felt that spines were my forte'. I just wish I didn't have to retire because I love helping people so much. Am I an expert? No because there is so much more I could learn and will endeavor to do so until my time here is up.
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I do use what god gave me. Brute strength & I do love what I do for the most part. Loving what you do for a living IMO is the most important part of a choosing a career Choose wisely,all you lil whipper-snappers |
Started my career in May 2012. Hasn't been a year but I don't think I will ever been an expert in my field. Anything in the medical field is constantly changing, which is a reason I love my job so much. Not to mention how everyday is vastly different from the next. Learning never stops!
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That is some beautiful work. I envy your skill.
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I guess I've got it down but in my field you constantly have to be learning. It never stops. You stop learning, you stop working.
I work with stuff people don't even know exists yet. Thats pretty cool. Like the others said.....whatever you do, do what you love. |
I started doing medical research about two years ago, and HOLY **** DO I FEEL LIKE I DONT KNOW WHAT IM DOING. I study metastatic breast cancer (laboratory science has an APPALLING lack of [literal] hands-on experience, but I digress) and I can tell you that in science, expert is a tough term. If an expert is someone who understands biochemistry, then there are a metric shit-ton at any university. But if you define expert as "someone who has the answers", in cancer research there are none. Every day I learn something new about receptors or kinases, or G-coupled protein receptors, or chemokines, or even the behavior of mice. I'm a good lab tech, decent research assistant, but goddamn do some people at work make me feel stupid. My PI (lead investigator and owner of the lab) has an MS from Northwestern, a PhD from Harvard, and worked at MD Anderson Cancer Center for a decade. I might as well just be smashing bricks together when she talks to me.
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This thread made me think of a post from a friend on FB. He was reading this book during his holiday break and came into the new year focused on improving his own professional skills.
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