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id: 2026-05-14T22:02:35-0400
title: 2026-05-14 22:02:35
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daily: "[[2026-05-14]]"
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# 2026-05-14 22:02:35

Wringing the juice out of my hammered screw analogy from [[2026-05-14_17-57-07]],
I've also been thinking about my reputation as "the [[ms-excel|Excel]] guy"
which followed me from [[ace-electric-inc|Ace]].

I sympathize, certainly the best tool for the job is the best one you have,
but at some point in hammering screws
you really have to just buck up and make the trip to Lowe's.

> [!question]
> You'd tell me if one of these notes affected your opinion of me,
> wouldn't you?

I can confidently say that every time I've watched someone do my job more efficiently[^1] than me
I have immediately made efforts to incorporate their improvements into my process.
Absent pressing personal matters or imminent retirement
it's difficult to imagine how the pain of learning something new
could outrank the pain that ought to come with knowing
that more could be done with your limited time.
Or, more compelling yet, in [[construction-estimating]],
the pain of spending more time on a single project.
I would do almost anything to be able to move on even just a day faster.

[^1]: Not faster, that's easy. I'm slow as hell.
