Comments on: Learning on the Job http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/learning-on-the-job/ The Home Improvement Stack Exchange Blog Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.6 By: Steve Jackson http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/learning-on-the-job/#comment-266 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:25:49 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=789#comment-266 Good one! I still make that mistake here and there.

]]> By: Steven http://diy.blogoverflow.com/2012/01/learning-on-the-job/#comment-264 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:51:28 +0000 http://diy.blogoverflow.com/?p=789#comment-264 I learned never to assume anything about the previous state of something you are working on. You will ALWAYS be surprised. It’s not level, it doesn’t line up, the wires aren’t where you thought they’d be, that pipe doesn’t actually go anywhere, etc.

Part of that means spending some time investigating before you start. You will save yourself time in the long-run.

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