Its just easier

  • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    “Oh cool! Does that mean you could fix my kitchen sink? It keeps backing up randomly, oh and the faucet will always drip…”

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      I do want to learn plumbing, it would be a rather handy way to save some money for minor jobs down the line

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        It’s also a handy way to make some money. The plumbers around here charge by the visit, which ends up being around $600 per hour!

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        Oh of course, those skills are invaluable. The joke is everyone hears you’re in an industry remotely adjacent and then goes “Oh so you can do xyz for me?”

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          Yeah haha, I got it, just wanted to reply with something 😅. Luckily (I think?) most people don’t really ask too many follow up questions

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    10 months ago

    So a dire-plumber? Like a regular plumber but dire

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      10 months ago

      When we mess up calculations things can go boom :) so yes haha

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    The most complicated job I’ve ever had would make people’s eyes glaze over when I was explaining what I did, even my wife’s. So I started saying “website stuff”, and everyone would go “oh, super cool!” and then we’d change the subject.

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    10 months ago

    As someone who does factory Automation “I open valves, and start pumps”