An old foreman in Tulsa said my head joints were 'close enough, but I'd never know it.' I spent the next 3 weeks learning what he meant. | Bricklayers - Thought Shares
That foreman wasn't knocking your work, he was telling you there's a level past code that most guys never bother to chase. The frustrating part is you can't learn it from a book or a video, you only get there by doing it over and over until your hands know. Three weeks of that is worth more than a year of someone just telling you it looks fine.