I don’t just mean a wrench, unless thats it for you. I mean any tool you regularly use for work that you consider your most important. If you’re a software person name whatever digital tool you guys use. Whatever the career everyone uses tools I dont care if they are digital, verbal, physical or psychological. For me its honestly probably a flashlight, before I use any tools I’m always investigating with my flashlight or using a laser to trace lines.
IntelliJ IDEA
It’s an IDE, a highly featureful code editor.
A lot of programmers like to use more basic text editors and pile on plugins. I feel bad for them when they share some new plugin they’re excited about and it’s a feature that’s been in IntelliJ forever and they had to put extra work in to get it. And so many other users of that editor don’t even know what’s possible.
I feel naked without my Leatherman multi tool.
A spudger, aka nylon probe tool aka “black stick”. I have them in drawers and toolboxes all over the place. Useful for working tiny plugs out of electronics and pressing, poking and scraping at things.
It’s really difficult to put two fine a point on this, because there are multiple tools that are basically vital to my job. I would say that most of my job can be done with a simple Phillips screwdriver, however the impact gets it done like 10 times faster and without fucking up my rotator cuff.
I have this really Kick-Ass flashlight which is helpful, I could probably go on for a while. I need to drill things so,… Hmm
Give me ssh, vi, bash and Linux kernel and I can get work done.
Terminal on Linux for work. Bash is such a fun thing :)
Communication skills (aka bullshittery) I’m a finish carpenter and project manager so its my job to figure out what my boss thinks the client wants, what the client actually wants, what the fuck the architect is talking about, whatever the interior designer thinks they do, and translate it into usable language to get my carpenters to build it and make everyone think it was their idea that was the best.
My brian.
so much for not trying
I AM BRIAN!
THE BRIAN
NAMED ITSELF
THE BRIAN
(and he would have gotten away with it, too,
if it hadn’t it been for you meddling kids)
My brian.
Any specific Brian or just the one closest to you?
Tape measure probably.
Back when I was doing plumbing only, the two hand tools that I used by far the most were Knipex Cobra pliers and adjustable wrench.
My glasses, for sure. Next would be my bike, as I use it to get around everywhere. Third most important is probably my keyboard at work, or a pencil.
God damn I didn’t even consider glasses
My penis.
Godeeem
My brain :p
Did you just call yourself a tool?
if you want to put the sense of self in the brain - yeah, why not? :)
My table saw. It’s the cheapest one I could buy new, but damn if I don’t use it for every single project I do. Just got much nicer combo blade for it, so now it cuts buttery smooth.
The browser. A surprising amount of my billable hours is googling the manual of some obscure thing someone else sold our customer and they want to feed the signal to our system and then reading aloud how they connect the thing.
I’m a machinist, so I use a huge variety of tools (setting fixturing, looking at prints and diagrams, fine measurements and gauges, CAD and CAM software, manual machine tools, etc.) The most important? Eye protection. I have excellent vision and would never jeopordize it to whatever extent possible and reasonable. I use safety glasses so often now for scenarios even outside of work, I forget to take them off when eating until halfway through a meal. Maybe I should be worried about the broccoli, though. You can never be too careful.
Stopper PPE is a fantastic answer.
