[backstay]

I came from a similar place, I did go to school thou. What I did is get better than everyone else. Better informed, better troubleshooter, better at reading prints and manuals. I didn't give a rats ass what they said or did. I shut them out like they shut me out. And when new people came into the department, I shared my knowledge freely with them, treated them well. And never looked back. Being in my fifties now, most of those guys are dead, and you know, I don't miss them a bit.