I try to limit the amount of catalyst I use for for irritating, because it can drain energy I need for the good stuff.
I can relate to this person. Just haven't taken that step into the CNC world yet!........ I asked what kind of business he was into; he told me just a hobbyist. Dude had a skid-mounted screw compressor, probably 30hp that barely made a whisper; had to be at least a $10k machine used. He just tinkered with machines; bought them broken, fix them, build cool new accessories, sometimes sell them, usually keep them.
I agree, but I think we've moved outside the hobbist boundries.One of the management principles that we were taught is that you treat someone according to who they are. As a manager you have to allow yourself a range of behaviours so that you can use the most effective ones for the person in front of you.
'You can't remove an idea by reason that was not put there by reason to begin with.'