There are times when I fully understand why people do apprenticeships / degrees / industry training etc related to the field they are working in. This is most apparent to me when getting the basics understood.
That mentored guided training is invaluable and yet so many individuals don't realise it when they are being "forced" to do it.
Like many on this forum my background is not ceramics / design / or printing. There are times when I struggle, always due to stepping outside the most common boundaries.
However from the very beginning there has been support from members of this forum, from the simple "This is how to wrap a mug" to sRGB/RGB colour gamuts. The impressive thing is that some times an answer is given, other times it's a nudge in the right direction for me to explore, and how brilliant is that.
A recent example has been 3 weeks or so to resolve a printer problem. This has involved 5 experienced members poking me, guiding me, nurturing me etc. The issue is now resolved. Little cost to me other than ink used, paper used, substrates printed on and time. In total about £150, cost to replace the printer with it's new equivalent... approx £3000.
BUT I could not have gone on a course to learn everything I have during those 3 weeks for less then about £750. An engineer call out was £150 call out fee, then £100 per hour, and they couldn't be with me until the end of this week anyway.
So a big "THANK YOU" to all involved form my first mug right up to today.
That £10 is really worth it!
Janners