Not the person you asked, but I was a welder in a shipyard for years, and am a skilled mechanic. I currently work in tech. No one would ever know unless I men

Not the person you asked, but I was a welder in a shipyard for years, and am a skilled mechanic. I currently work in tech. No one would ever know unless I mention it, because I don't fit the ugly stereotype of tradework being the domain of the crude and uneducated. I used to talk about it more, but I got tired of the condescension. Tech in general is incredibly insular, and nowhere near as open-minded as the field thinks it is, so I just keep quiet unless something like this thread pops up. There are a lot of us like this out there, and we tend to stay silent on the subject for similar reasons. I am happy to talk about engines or APIs. What I really don't like is the assumption that because I know about engines, anything more cerebral must be a hobby, because it would otherwise be beyond me as a profession.