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@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ like music and style and... birdwatching...
 
 ## 2025-11-10 10:40
 
+#topic/estimating
+
 A significant change from Ace to PDI in my mentality during takeoff
 is that I now tend to expect that (within reason)
 "holes" in takeoff scripts are _intentional omissions_,
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@ not holes in cost coverage.
 
 ## 2025-11-10 11:14
 
+#occupational/takeoff
+
 I was updating my notes,
 filling in gaps in scripts based on Joel's,
 when I noticed a strange paragraph:
@@ -99,6 +103,8 @@ to be used whole-cloth on all estimates.
 
 ### "Feeder"
 
+#topic/construction/electrical
+
 The NEC definition of feeder is quite strict.
 I'm certain I misuse it frequently.
 
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ I can't remember now if I knew it before today,
 but my relationship with Dale, my former manager,
 while never "good", was much improved when I started
 pushing back on his direction and feedback. I became
-an estimator where before I was just someone who
+an estimator, where before I was just someone who
 could estimate for him. He hated it, and let me know,
 but I never felt more sure of my position.