Looking back at my old anime forum posts from 2017 makes me cringe a little.

I found a thread I started three years ago arguing that 'Sword Art Online' had the best world-building, and rereading it now, I can see how my perspective has totally shifted after watching shows like 'Made in Abyss' and 'Land of the Lustrous'.

Crossed 500 hours on the bench with a single aircraft type and it changed my view

I've been working on the same fleet of regional jets for a few years now, and I always thought being a generalist was better. You know, being able to jump between airframes. But last week, my log showed I'd hit over 500 hours of dedicated troubleshooting on just the CRJ-700 avionics suite. That number surprised me. It made me realize I've built a mental map of every weird quirk in that system. I can now trace a comms static issue from the audio panel back to a specific ground point in the aft electronics bay without even pulling the manual first, which saves a ton of time. I used to think this depth would make me rusty on other platforms, but it's actually made me a sharper troubleshooter overall because I understand one system so completely. The patterns translate. Has anyone else found that deep specialization on one bird made them better at the job in general, even when switching later?

For six months I wrote all my Python code in one big file because it felt easier. My friend saw it and said 'That's not code, that's a novel.'

Am I the only one who raised my rates by 30% and immediately landed a better client?

I was scared to do it, but after a slow February I told the next inquiry my day rate was $850. They hired me for a 3 week project in Chicago without even negotiating. Has anyone else had a client just say yes to a big jump?