"I have heard that there are two kinds of welders: production welders, who don't like tricky setups and enjoy doing the same thing over and over again; and maintenance welders, who hate it when they have to do the same job twice. The advice was that if you hire a welder make sure which kind he is, because they’re not interchangeable"
Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
why does it sound like a software job???
ReplyDeletedunno. it isn't
ReplyDeleteThink that is true not just of welders, but people in general.
ReplyDeleteyeah, do away with the 'welder/welding' words and it still holds.
ReplyDeletebut I'd guess we're both at different times..
Bob: now that is an interesting though. I guess u r right. But surely 1 of these traits must be dominant. U'd def hv more times of one kind than the other.
ReplyDeleteumm, hafta beg to differ :
ReplyDeletetake a sample case, of a writer :-
to an outsider, the writer tends to work daily with a pen&paper/typewriter/word-processor. prod-weldr.
But the writer writes different stories each time. maint-weldr.
but the stories are all crime/detective fiction ... prod-weldr...
I'm just trying to prove here that the list can be drawn endlessly.
( I'm in a bit of a hurry, hence this may not sound as convincing as it does to me ... )