He's built 5 houses in x number of years. It takes a pro less than 9 months to build a house, that would put you at 7500 hours, 3/4 of the way to an 'expert'.

He's built 5 houses in x number of years. It takes a pro less than 9 months to build a house, that would put you at 7500 hours, 3/4 of the way to an 'expert'. It's really easy to underestimate the complexity of someone else's job. Perhaps dunning Kruger? This is a strange thing that we are starting to see in the Western world. Everyone is specializing and becoming an expert as their field gets more complex. This is what capitalism demands. Yet, we assume anyone can walk off the streets and be a functional expert. Construction is hard, science is hard, economics is hard, foreign policy is hard, computer science is hard. I think the complaint is that, anymore, if you're not an expert, you're not good enough. Building a house and getting it permitted is a complex thing because we are unwilling to build structures that put lives in danger, and someone has to take the liability for confirming a building is adequate, if you want to go out on a limb and reinvent the wheel, in any field, you should be an expert. I'll stand by my words here and say I think he was out of his depth. As was the inspector that probably could have defused the situation and come to a amicable solution.