Hit 20 years drafting today and it snuck up on me

I was just cleaning out my old desk drawer and found my first set of blueprints from 2004. Has anyone else had a moment where the years just kind of piled up without you noticing?

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grant90119d ago

Man I found my old 2003 print of a 2-story residential job last week and the paper was literally crumbling. 20 years is a weird number because you dont feel old until you realize that blueprint is old enough to vote. The CAD file was on a 3.5 inch floppy too, which basically qualifies me as a digital archaeologist at this point. My drafting pencil from back then still works but the eraser is basically just a nub of rock hard rubber now. Guess the years snuck up on both of us.

matthew_dixon19d ago

Found my old drafting stool from college last month, thing creaks so bad now it sounds like a horror movie soundtrack every time I sit down. Took a look at my first set of prints from 2004 and honestly they look like a kindergartner's art project compared to what I do now. The title block was hand-lettered because apparently I thought I was better than the lettering template. That nub of an eraser on your pencil is basically a museum piece at this point, same as my old scale ruler that’s all chewed up from me using it as a backscratcher. We're basically antiques in the making.