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That's my point though, you're doing it wrong if that's the case. Execs want to get things right, if you have enough domain knowledge, aka knowing how your company actually runs, and good influence, you should be showing they were wrong, why they were wrong, and how they can get it right. I've changed minds before. I've also had to work very hard to shift my teams mindset to see those opportunities. If you're brought it after the fact to confirm a decision, you need to change the perception of how you bring value. You should be driving decisions. It's not up to execs to chose that, you have to operate at that level and your leadership needs to showcase your work and change the narrative.

I'll look it up, I've used feather boards for that purpose before. I for some reason thought you couldn't put the narrower piece against the fence regardless of the cut width.

Does it matter the width? If the "narrower" cut is 2" or 3" etc... is it better to have it fence side?

Damn, I couldn't imagine lol. We had a one hole faucet. My wife later decided she wanted a filter & tap, a 3 hole faucet, and a sprayer. Templates saved me. Then I had to install a tap for my in-laws. Used a guide each time! Plus got good use out of the $40 bit I was only gonna use once

This is what I did as a DIYer. I had a single hole in my quartz counter. Wife wanted a bridge faucet, sprayer and water filter/dispenser. I put 4 holes plus installed a water filter for my in-laws in their granite counter. Definitely a diy job! The bit is expensive, grab some plumbers putty so you can have some water pool on the cut.

I'm not that good, I hole saw some scrap wood and use that as a guide.

Honestly though, it won't save much time. You get going pretty quick cause it's repetitive. Measuring and cutting will take up most of your time.

I wouldn't, I did my shed and found hammering to be really quick. You can't set it too deep, they make special attachments for spacing but only for Milwaukee I think.

Manager tools podcast. Listen to the politics series and anything they have on feedback.

Effective manager - mark horstman. There's a podcast from them as well "manager tools". Great resource.

Shit contractors aren't always cheap.

I'll have to give that one a read. To me, this screams a need to learn how to delegate (properly) and teach directs about delegate to the floor.

Manager tools (effective manager) already did this!

Angle grinder with masonry blade?

You can get a set of chisels for like $6 at harbor freight, for beater chisels I'd rather spend $6 than sharpen 4 chisels.

And tools I might need in the future possibly one day

No, you need business acumen to know what projects/application of data science could actually have value to the organization. Then, if you do have something interesting, knowing who needs to know, and why, and how to articulate the value to them in order to influence decision making. If you think the role is either statistical significance or confirming people's biases, you're doing it wrong.

Plus you need the business acumen and story telling skills, 50% of the job is understanding the problem and working with stakeholders.

I've had to rip cut lots of casing and 1x stock as a home owner, things like jamb extensions and skirt board. Glad I purchased a nice table saw, safety and usability of the Dewalt 10" + stand, worth every bit of the $550 I paid.

As someone in a similar situation, a DIYer but closer to a contractor that works nights and weekends, I went with Dewalt and was very happy. My one complaint is sometimes you want a cheap tool for a niche application, so you get a battery adapter but you gotta look out for the voltage protection issue, you can brick your batt if you run it too low on a non-Dewalt tool. I have a Ryobi nail gun and it's not a power hungry tool, so I use it with a full batt and haven't had any issues.

I'm a DIYer, looking at my garage you'd think I'm a contractor though. I have a large husky tool chest, cabinets filled with tools, wall storage and underneath my workbench. I also have a rolling tool tote where my most used hand tools and drill/driver are kept. Most of the time, I toss a few specific tools in that and roll it to my project. I have a bucket full of plumbing tools and a small tool tote for electrical.

That's a good way of thinking about it. It can take off some burden of capturing, organizing and surfacing that information, but can't replace human judgement. That first part can add some serious value though.

I'm not a leader that loves to push AI for AI's sake, but this seems like a great opportunity to either take what you learn and have AI draft up the SOP docs and/or continually maintain with "what if" or troubleshooting steps. It's great for creating and modifying documentation, and can parse it to give you quick answers without reading the entire thing.

Both, but a 40 page SOP if only one. The SOP is the "what" but the author will know the "why". But if you have turnover or want to scale this insight to multiple people, you'll be thankful for the written documentation. AI is also an excellent tool for digesting and maintaining large bodies of text, having that available makes the SOP look even better.

Bad tools suck, but quality bits/blades can often make a bigger difference than the tool itself.