I can still remember my very first day working as an HVAC repair guy.
I think that I was only seventeen or eighteen years of age at the time and I was working for my dad’s company.
When I first started I didn’t know if it was going to be something that I loved or that I couldn’t stand, and after my first day I didn’t think that it was for me. I remember working alongside my dad trying to restore a worn out air conditioning unit back to its former glory and we were having a heck of a time with it. I can still remember all of the terminology that my dad was spewing out speaking on things like positive pressure, a metering device, liquid lines, and all sorts of other things. I was convinced for a while that he was speaking a completely different language! However as the days went by I slowly but surely started to get a better grasp on things and I was feeling more confident in my abilities. Now ten years into being an HVAC repairman I am as confident as ever and I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that I have progressed so far in my professional career. It just goes to show that it’s not about where you start, but it’s about where you finish in the HVAC world!