Overheard: Be humble, but know your value as a young technician

"Know your place but also know your value. There's a very fine line with that. And right now, us as mechanics and tradespeople are so valuable. If you're willing to go in the door, learn, have open ears and work hard, that will completely manipulate between the beginning of your career and then getting to the point where I'm at as a signed apprentice solidly locked in. It's definitely made some hard choices for me, but it's also put me in the right direction between ... not being respected when I say, 'Hey, I don't feel comfortable putting out this work unless I go the extra mile with it.' And that's a big thing — finding people willing to back you with your choices and what you want to be as a mechanic or an apprentice ... That was definitely a very hard lesson for me, but I think it was a quick one and it's manipulated a lot for me in positive and negative ways." — Apprentice technician Aidan Burns with advice for other young mechanics on "The Wrench Turner's Podcast" hosted by Joshua Taylor.