We all have certain skills we’ve practiced over time that become like second nature. Those skills might involve a hobby we’ve gotten good at or an aptitude we have a proclivity towards; things that come natural to us. With our careers, these skills could encompass the things we do day in and day out, such as sweating pipe or calculating pipe sizes.
Earlier in my career, I worked for a manufacturer’s representative that distributed pumps. For years, I answered the phone and talked to people about pumps — centrifugal, gear, diaphragm, progressive cavity, vertical turbine, self-priming — the list goes on and on. Nowadays, if a pump sizing application comes up, I jump right on it. For me, it’s like riding a bike.