I keep seeing this trend online where everyone says you have to love your job or you're doing it wrong. But I've been in the workforce for about 12 years now, worked in three different fields from retail to IT support to construction management. And honestly? Not a single one of those jobs felt like a "passion." They were just things I was decent at that paid the bills. My cousin just quit a stable accounting job in Phoenix because some career coach told him he needed to "follow his bliss." Now he's working part time at a coffee shop and stressing about rent. I get that hating your work sucks, but acting like every job needs to be your calling seems like a setup for disappointment. Has anyone else noticed how much this "do what you love" advice ignores stuff like student loans or just needing health insurance?
I had a guy nearly backfeed the entire neighborhood last week when he hooked his portable generator into a dryer outlet. The lineman who spotted it explained that even with the main breaker off, the neutral can still energize the transformer and hurt someone working on the lines. Has anyone actually seen this go wrong or am I being overly cautious?
I was helping him look at his line last week and saw the drop was buried only about two inches deep across his yard. The ground wire was just wrapped around the messenger, not properly bonded. Every time the soil got wet, it would short. I fixed it with a proper ground block and a six-inch trench. How do you guys handle shallow buried drops when you find them?
I was using a basic plastic container with holes and it dripped brown liquid onto the floor. I had to quickly move it to the bathtub and add way more shredded paper to soak it up. Has anyone else had a leak, and what container do you use now?
We were laying a garden wall and the rain washed out a whole section of fresh mortar. Had to tear it down and start over the next day. What's your go-to plan when the weather turns bad on a project?
