The poor quality of so much professional work has been a surprising realization for me as I've gotten a little older. I used to think that most professional plu

The poor quality of so much professional work has been a surprising realization for me as I've gotten a little older. I used to think that most professional plumbers would be really great at plumbing and could easily fix most problems wothout issue. Same for electricians, doctors, mechanics, etc. In practice, I run into blunders and extremely shoddy work more often than not. Hiring a person for a home repair often takes just as long as learning how to do it myself, given how often they make mistakes or do poor quality work. Same for doctors; I can't remember the last time I was told something by a doctor I didn't already know from researching it myself. They mostly just gatekeep medicine, IME. This isn't at all meant to say that I'm particularly good at research, mostly I'm talking about knowledge that's a quick DDG search or youtube video away.