Quote: Paddy Irishman, Jul 2009My boss just asked me a few questions about a beam design I did a few weeks ago. He pointed out a few things, which were technically correct, but still kind of wrong.
Now I'm doing a beam design and I'm completely stumped and second-guessing myself on everything
AARGGHHH
Okay, background info. I designed a beam a week ago. He is now designing a beam for another house, but hasn't done one in a while so he's looking over mine.
He called me up again, and pointed out another thing which was wrong. But really it wasn't wrong. I skipped a step and saved myself about half an hours work because I knew if I selected Beam A, it would be wrong, and I'd have to redo everything and design for Beam B, and possibly Beam C. So I skipped a few steps, because I knew by looking at it, by f*cking looking at it, that I'd need Beam B.
So he calls me up saying I should have designed for Beam A instead of overspecifying. Gives me a patronising speech about how he knows I'm still getting used to it, and it takes a while before you can be confident in your calculations. So when he left to go out on site, I designed it using Beam A, and its wrong.
Motherf*cker I have surpassed you. The student has become the master. The master has become my b*tch. You haven't done a beam design in ages because I've been doing them all. I'm f*cking great at them. So f*ck you.
Sad part is, I can't tell him he's wrong. Because technically, I should have designed for Beam A. But when he tries it, he'll see I'm right. So f*ck him
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