The true worth of a mech designer lay not in their skills or experience, but in the quality of their designs.
One did not necessarily lead to the other.
Even if a mech designer possessed a genius-level intelligence and enjoyed extensive tutoring from renowned Masters, his products might still end up lackluster and without inspiration.
This often happened in high-pressure learning environments in the galactic center and the galactic rim. Their abundant wealth and population enabled many hopefuls to study mech design. Yet once they entered the ultra-competitive mech markets there, they instantly got swamped.
They learned in the most brutal fashion that to be a successful mech designer, they needed to be more than technically adept. They needed to have a sense of art and craftsmanship.
"Mech design is both a science and an art. Among two functionally similar designs, the one which resonates more with the people will always have an edge."
