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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.