Hit 10,000 hours of avionics bench work last week and honestly I think most of my early training was useless

I mean I spent like 3 years barely touching a real board because my union shop had me doing paperwork and coffee runs. Has anyone else felt like their actual troubleshooting skills didn't kick in until way past the 5,000 hour mark?

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lucas_price8313h ago

Wait, you had to do coffee runs for three years before getting hands on? That's wild to me. I mean, I get that unions have rules and all, but that just sounds like a huge waste of your early career. Honestly, it makes sense your real learning didn't start until way later if you were stuck on paperwork that whole time. The 5,000 hour mark feels about right for most people I've talked to in this trade. Were you at least able to watch people work during those three years or were you totally in the dark?

logan29912h ago

Hang on @lucas_price83, it wasn't three years of coffee runs, it was two.