Hello, everyone.

This is Enta.

I often hear people say, “You know everything, don’t you?” (about slopes)

That's what people say.

But that's completely wrong.

Well, I mean, I do know about it, but I just know what's written there, that's all.

It's not my own knowledge; I just know what's in the book.

I know what's written in the book.

 

I tend to get caught up in that as if it were my own knowledge.

That's not true. I'm not that different from the rest of you.

However, in my case, I’m just relying on things like, “I think I read that somewhere in one of the ○○ books…”

You all actually know this very well—you’ve just forgotten it.

It's just that I only need it at that moment, so I end up forgetting about it.

In my case, I just tend to get fixated on one thing and think about it endlessly, or research it to death, so I’ve just ended up remembering it a little.

 

These days, information is free.

It's an era where you don't even need to remember.

I don't think we need things like memory or math skills anymore. We're in an era where computers and AI can handle all that for us.

There's no need to memorize useless things.

If you forget, you can just look it up online.

 

(This is a bit off-topic, but) it's okay to use your phone during meetings.

I even think it's okay to do research while in a meeting.

At the meeting, employees from various sites, smartphones in hand, said, “This is where the problem is—what should we do?”

It makes a lot more sense to have a meeting about that.

"What about the budget?!" or "Why is the construction schedule...?"

Most of the time, it’s stuff we already know from the get-go, and just going back and forth about it in a meeting isn’t going to solve anything, is it??

To me, construction companies' project meetings seem like nothing more than pointless post-facto debriefings, don't they? lol (Especially the big ones.)

 

I got sidetracked there, lol...

OurTrue on-the-job knowledge means knowing the discrepancies between what’s written in books and what actually happens on the job.That's what I think.

Generally speaking, supervisors who are capable at work are aware of contradictions.

I have a clear understanding of the differences between what's written in books and reality.

 

Since I’m someone who’s aware of the discrepancies between real-world experience and what’s written in books, I suppose it’s true that I come across as if I know what I’m talking about, lol.

However, that’s just based on my own experiences, so I don’t know about people who have had different experiences.

I’ve written about various things on this blog based on my own experiences, and those are the insights and contradictions I’ve encountered in my work as a slope engineer.

I don't know which of you this will work for. It's entirely possible that it won't be helpful at all.

On the other hand, sometimes the information I hear from someone else is useful, and other times it isn't.

 

When I think about it, what I know is really just a tiny fraction of the whole picture.

Still, I figure that if I write about my failures and creative solutions like this, maybe even just this little bit will be helpful to someone.

So, it’s not like I’m an expert or know a lot about it!

Gather as much information as you can, and then decide what to keep and what to discard.

In this day and age, it's important to be able to discern information.

The fact that I'm writing this like this...Please be skeptical.

Since many of these things won't work for everyone, there's a good chance you'll fail.

Please select the information.

It’s entirely possible that the “common knowledge” described here will turn out to be false 10 years from now.

Please try to consider this by combining my personal experiences with your own and your current situation.

You might start to see what's best, lol.

 

Hearing about everyone's experiences really helps me learn a lot.

That's why I absolutely love hearing about the experiences and failures of the people I meet!

Since I’ve had my fair share of failures myself, and perhaps because I’m so open about them, everyone else shares their own stories of failure with me, too.

These stories about failures are really a treasure, aren't they?

I’d even like to create a site with a “Slope Failure Q&A” section where people can share the mistakes they’ve made! lol

Success doesn't do a damn thing for me, lol.

 

Learn from Failure!

This is the most important thing in a person’s growth process.

And this story of failure might one day be incorporated into some kind of AI (artificial intelligence).

It would be great if there were information sites like that—sites where young engineers could find answers whenever they run into a problem.

What veteran engineers will do from now on is document their technical knowledge and lessons learned from past failures online for the next generation of engineers.

By doing so, we can somehow make these techniques—which have been passed down orally—visible. That way, we can preserve a variety of techniques for future generations.

 

I think there are plenty of benefits to sharing your skills with others!

 

See you later.