Learn as much as you can, about everything you can. New or old, it doesnt matter. Some job, some time, you may be operating both kinds in th same day. There have been a half a dozen times this last winter I needed an 'old school' operator who could design as he worked and keep a 30 year old machine on the job.
I'm not sure where you plan to work when you get finished but dont neglect the 'soft' skills. Money management, time management, cooperation, and innovation are important regardless of if you are working for a company or for yourself. Its a feast or famine business.
I could hire a hundred operators today at minimum wage but I have to look long and hard to find someone who will show up when they say they will, be sober and well rested, leave their cell phone and ipod in their truck, be willing to do things the way I want them done, and be able and willing to work efficiently for a full day. Those people are rare and rarely looking for work.
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