started in like december

ive been doing this type of work for 11 years now. i did take some classes in college that helped prepare me for it but it wasnt an industry i expected to be in. the print world is some voodoo stuff, especially flexo. so most of the practical day to day stuff i learned on the job.

50% probably was from direct training from my supervisor at my old job. the rest was trial and error. digging into as much info as i could find. trying out some stuff and it turning out horribly. some training by vendors. some training specific to this industry.

so my old boss (owner of the company) would talk me up to anyone he talked to. kind of his MO for everyone. so folks at my current company were victims of this talking and big a reason they hired me away.

although it is the same industry there are some key difference that did cause me worry when i was making the move. the first year or so went super smooth. the last three months have been quite a bit of issues.

some have been just straight up errors that can be attributed to laziness. others have been the type of issues where you question yourself. like, why didnt i notice this?? why didnt i do this differently? should i have expected that result??

i feel like i know 75% of what i should know to be an actual expert in this. this probably puts me in the top 10% though lol

i have to remind myself that i am good, maybe great at this. doesnt mean i wont have problems, doesnt mean i cant keep improving.