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Plumbers. Electricians. Mechanics. You have to thank them and pay them a bunch of money because they do things that seem like magic. They all have little secrets on how to do the stuff they do. Or in the case of plumbers, the shit they do. But nobody thanks window washers for what they do. it's not a secret. You take a squeegee and it's not that fucking hard to figure out. Pilots were the same way. 20 or 30 years ago, you were a pilot it was like "Wow! you know how to fly a plane! That's amazing!" But then they invented auto-pilot and now nobody fucking cares. You're not that special, do your fucking job. I mean look, if you're a rocket scientist or a brain surgeon, you now only have some of that secret magic, but it's a secret that requires lots of study and skill as well. But some of the other stuff that I get asked to do regularly, like pull cable, that doesn't require anything other than a willingness to potentially electrocute yourself and a pat on the back.