Why does no one notice the precision work I am so good at?

You can hold tolerances by feel that machines would envy. It is a rare, hard-won skill. And it stings that almost no one sees it. The work is invisible by nature, the closer to perfect you are, the less anyone notices, because nothing goes wrong. That resentment is understandable. You have mastered something real and it earns no applause.\nBut look closely at where you have placed the value. If your sense of worth depends on others noticing, you have handed it to people who, by the very nature of your craft, will never see it. That is a losing trade. The worth of your skill does not vanish because it goes unwitnessed. The parts you make fit, the machines run, the world quietly works better. That is true whether anyone claps or not.\nThere is a deep satisfaction available to the master craftsman that has nothing to do with recognition, the private knowledge of a thing done exactly right. Let that be enough more often. And when you need to be seen, seek out one person who knows the craft well enough to understand what you did. One knowing nod from a true peer is worth more than a hundred from those who cannot tell. Find that peer.