plumber

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It's like a fluid mechanics expert applying for a job as a plumber.

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a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances

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noun

a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances

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Core meanings and parts of speech for plumber.

noun

a craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances

Example sentences

It's like a fluid mechanics expert applying for a job as a plumber.

Reminds me of the classic joke:A surgeon has a backed up sink, and he calls a plumber.

The plumber comes, works for 15 minutes, fixes the drain, and gives the surgeon his bill.

My plumber is a salt-of-the-earth type and he is loaded.

And, by the way, how the hell is Path going to look at my address book and distinguish my best friend from my plumber?SSL?

] To me, a hacker is just somebody with a set of skills; hacker is to computer as plumber is to pipes.

Am I the only one that wants coders to stop feeling guilty and devaluing themselves?The plumber analogy is off base.

You touched many lives, many childhoods were brightened by your game-and-watches, your chimneys inhabited by man-eating plants, your moustached italian plumber heroes.

But, something you'd never want to hear from a plumber or a carpenter is "well, I've read some books on the topic, and tried out some tools at home depot, plus I'm smart and good at hacking".Things like carpentry, manufacturing, etc. are hard.

And a couple of years later when the tub sprung a leak, the plumber couldnt figure out how to get in there, said they must have done a shoddy job on connecting the pipes, then when he finally got a good look at it, realized why they did it that way.