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What is the skill/talent you have that you get praised for but you fiercely keep as an hobby/interest with no plans to expand on it? (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

Right out of high school I got a job as a mechanic, something I loved doing as a hobby before and got real good at. It’s the customer, it’s like doing family IT work. “You changed my oil 4 months ago and now one of my headlights won’t work”. Between that sending out vehicles that declined a bunch of work. I swear we only held one plumbers van because it was so unsafe.

I still love working on my own cars. However I’ve refused to touch any family members or friends vehicles. Not worth it.