Re:The greatest resume I've ever seen
by josefresco on Thursday September 30, 2021 @10:28AM
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My old boss (web development) said in 2003ish that "we're just plumbers" and at the time (I was young) it offended me as I thought as "technologists" we were "special". When I went out on my own, I realized he was right.
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Re:The greatest resume I've ever seen
by HPsquared on Thursday September 30, 2021 @11:11AM
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Plumbers are technologists as well, really. Just a different kind of technology...
Plumbers are essential for civilization.
Pretty much everyone else isn't.
Re:The greatest resume I've ever seen
by paulryanrogers on Thursday September 30, 2021 @01:17PM
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If I had to pick one essential profession it would be farmers. Even with peak efficiency it's work that must be done to sustain modern population sizes.
Re:The greatest resume I've ever seen
by effingwewt on Thursday September 30, 2021 @05:42PM
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No, it's truly plumbing. We could not have any human gatherings close to what we have without plumbing.
People could grow their own food, eat straight nutrients if we had to.
Without plumbing you have no waste drain and no flowing water. I imagine you forgot about the irrigation aspect of farming.
Discovering plumbing, waste disposal and aqueducts[1] allow society to live in close quarters.