Showing a rookie the ropes brought back memories of old school dredging

I was training a new operator last month, and he kept staring at the digital readouts. It reminded me of when we used to rely on marked poles and gut instinct to find the channel. Those methods were slower, but you felt more connected to the job, in my opinion. Do any of you folks think the trade has lost something with all the automation, or is it just progress?

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miles_nguyen3015h ago

I caught a segment on local news about port modernization. The old timers they interviewed all said the new tech makes the job safer but less hands-on. Kinda miss when skill meant more than software.

oscar7021d ago

Ha, progress is always messy! Those old methods got people hurt and wasted time we can now spend actually getting work done.