Hot take: I think most apprentices should spend way less time on theory

Just finished training a new guy last week in Austin, and he spent three months memorizing code sections but couldn't figure out why a 3-way switch wasn't working right. Theory is great and all, but I swear half of these kids can't even bend a proper offset without a bender chart. We spent two whole afternoons just running conduit on a mock wall, and he learned more from that than his whole classroom stint. Has anyone else noticed book smarts don't always translate to the real job?

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karen_shah5615h ago

Yeah, that whole "bend a proper offset" thing hits home. It's like how everyone's obsessed with watching cooking videos but can't actually chop an onion without crying, you know?

andrewh9515h ago

nah fr, i can watch a 20 min video on how to perfectly sear a steak but my kitchen ends up lookin like a war zone every time. smoke alarms goin off, oil splattered everywhere, and the steak's somehow both burnt and raw at the same time. it's like my hands forget everything the second i'm in front of the stove. at this point i'm convinced cooking videos are just entertainment, not tutorials lol.