Just a feel for the subject from a very early age, and the totalling of experience in my case John. I get bored with some forms of repetition and could never spend my life doing one thing.
I started in the cycle and motor cycle trade 57 years ago when they were often combined, moved onto the motor trade, cars, then trucks and transporters, moved on to somewhat more sophisticated areas of engineering, electrical, electronic, and even optical engineering, then got involved in design, particularly in some electronic and oddball areas. Eventually another complete change to an area of construction engineering.
I even trained in teaching and training principles at one point, but finally decided I'd had enough of working and retired at 54 to do my own thing. A varied life, but always in relation to engineering and technical matters, even during my army time.
Courses have very limited usefulness, aptitude is infinitely more important, in which connection at least 70% of the population have an arts bias and seem unable to satisfactorily acquire technical skills.
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