My brother is an electrician, but he does 26kV splicing and heavy commercial work rather than residential. I have a healthy respect for what he does. Since I have moved on to other things now instead of your typical installation work, my brother has a healthy respect for what I do.
I still have electricians, and others, who make comments to me, or ask questions, about cable installations, etc. I can talk to my brother about it, and he's mature enough to listen. Some don't. So now, whenever I hear someone "badmouth" cable, I just start talking about ATM over SONET, Stat Muxing, and throw around a few terms like SBS suppression and chromatic dispersion. They usually quiet down and leave.
But still, I am not an a$$. I have "paid my dues" and put up with what I refer to as good-natured ribbing from electricians. I only ask that electricians be mature enough to "dish it in" they way they "dish it out".
Signed,
Emerger
