Yeah that documentary nailed it. My pension from the trades beats most desk jobs I know.

Notepad is GREAT for beginners honestly. When you strip away all the helpers you have to actually learn the syntax yourself. Those fancy editors will autocomplete things for you and you never really understand why that semicolon goes there or how that bracket works. I started coding on a basic text editor and I swear it made me a stronger programmer because I had to remember everything. People rely too much on their tools doing the thinking for them and then they freeze when they have to code on a whiteboard during interviews. Real learning comes from the struggle of typing every single character yourself.

Ain't it more likely the spring was just poorly placed from the factory instead of from wear?

Oh come on, you gotta be kidding me, @richardharris. I've been through three pairs in half that time and my hands are constantly cramping up. Those cheap clippers might last but they definitely don't treat your wrists right.

Jumped right into digital markups myself after a similar mess with torn up blueprints and realized it's just part of how everything is moving faster these days. Seems like every trade I work with is ditching paper for tablets or phones, even the old timers eventually cave when they see how quick changes get sent around. It's funny how something that felt like extra hassle at first ends up saving your butt on a chaotic job site lol.