This may sound like BS, but I mean it, and would like any feed back on others experience with this balancing act of quality over quantity. I am simply going to focus on improving quality, and expect that the quantity will occur as a byproduct of no rework.
saw this post, and figured it'd run a while.... ;-)
i'm as well balanced as a two legged stool, so my thoughts on this are probably
not the best that will be posted, but i can assure you they are my opinion,
unmarred by logic.
the first five years i did electrical work, i followed this adage, given by my
journeyman at the time... "learn to do it correctly, in a workmanlike manner,
and over time, your speed will increase of it's own accord... and you won't be
losing your butt with do-overs.
i've been doing this now, for 34 years, come this june. that means i'm old,
and if i hadn't learned to think and care about what i do, i'd not be doing it
anymore. i work alone, and set my pace to suit myself, and the job at hand.
you can't rock at 55 the way you could at 25, but it's funny, you can still
surprise people... friend of mine and i did something recently, 700' of feeder,
xfmr on the wall of the tilt up, panel, and plugs, etc.
figured it for three days, for two people. a realistic number. it took two. i'm 55
and he's 50.
backing up to when i was 25, and was paired with a journeyman named Joe
Cussman, and he was about 60, and we were doing drop in lighting in a T bar
ceiling, and i was going as fast as i could, quite impressed with myself, i might
add, and had unpacked, dropped in, and cleared away the wrappings for 175
lights, in 7 hours... i was beat.... it's like one every two and a half minutes...
joe did 150, and looked as fresh as when we started..... i learned a lot
that day, and haven't forgotten the lesson.
when you watch a craftsman whose work you know is excellent, he won't be
following one set path. the work will determine his actions, and his actions
will affect the work, until the work is completed, at the same time he's at peace
with what he set out to do. there is a flow to the work.
caring what you do is the defining factor. if you care, you will be alert, engaged
in what you are doing, and attentive, and the work will reflect that.