return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat's a life lesson you learned the hard way that you'd want to share with others to help them avoid the same mistake?message-squaremessage-square244fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down115
arrow-up1214arrow-down1message-squareWhat's a life lesson you learned the hard way that you'd want to share with others to help them avoid the same mistake?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square244fedilink
minus-squarethericofactor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up57·3 months agoDon’t take shortcuts doing DIY. Prepare, use the right tools. Don’t skip steps or do things “quick and dirty”. Clean up afterwards.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoAlso don’t expect to do it well the first time. Skills take practice to develop. Practice with those tools before you apply them to expensive materials for the thing you really want to make.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThis also applies to software engineering and farming, from experience.
Don’t take shortcuts doing DIY. Prepare, use the right tools. Don’t skip steps or do things “quick and dirty”. Clean up afterwards.
Also don’t expect to do it well the first time. Skills take practice to develop. Practice with those tools before you apply them to expensive materials for the thing you really want to make.
This also applies to software engineering and farming, from experience.