I’ve always thought this method was hilarious, but it’s a very specific type of work that requires it. There’s not much automation to be done since it’s different every time. I also had a previous job where some days you’d have to count product in boxes all day long, and hand write the numbers (this was about 3 years ago).
What outdated things at your work do you find amusing?
In university I took CAD and was chastised for drawing and dimensioning items at the same time. To me, it makes more sense to draw a circle and tell the CAD system that it’s 10 mm in one fail swoop than to do it the way I was told to (draw it by “hand” approximately 10 mm then come back later and actually size it to 10 mm).
I asked why their way was better and got the answer I expected (just do it that way) :-( ).
Yeah, same. I never used much CAD outside of that drafting class, but I got into 3D modeling for a bit starting with Sketchup and it was super nice to just go ‘alright create a plane starting here, but make it 10’x6"’ or whatever, then use push/pull to extrude it 3’, etc, so I’m also used to specifying dimensions as I draw.
Just saw a friend that is currently at Uni and asked them how they do it now (draw and dimension all at the same time). Small victories.