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I stopped using digital takeoff software after a $2,000 error on a bid in Omaha.
Used to swear by it for speed, but after it doubled my drywall square footage on a commercial renovation, I went back to paper and a scale wheel. How many of you have caught your digital tools flat out lying to you?
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jennifer_fisher3h ago
The trouble with these tools is they only see what you tell them to see, but a paper plan forces you to look at the whole thing. I've noticed this same blind trust in automation everywhere now, not just in our trade but in banking and even grocery self-checkouts. People assume the machine is correct because it's fast, but speed doesn't mean accuracy when the math is only as good as the person clicking the mouse.
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fiona_nelson513h ago
Totally agree @jennifer_fisher, even my coffee maker starts messing up when it's too complicated.
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