A Craftsman is only as good as his tools

When I first came into the trade I have to have had the worst tools ever. I came to the job with a huge bulky pouch and a set of green commercial electrician tool kit, I guess the green basically summed it up. Well needless to say those tools were quickly a thing of the past and I wish I would have saved my money and brought the quality ones the first time. The extra money you may spend on most of your tools really goes a long way. I couldn't even cut MC with my first set of side cutters. I think I'm starting to develop a pretty decent tool bag now that I'm a little more knowledgeable. It seems like everytime I think I have just about everything I'll use regularly as an electrician I'm sent to a job where everything I have is basically irrelevant. One journeyman used to make fun of me because my screw drivers weren't big enough, now I'm doing fire alarm and my journeyman mess with me because my screw drivers are too big. I hope the new set of first years don't make the same mistake I did and spend the extra bucks on the right tools because I sure wish I did.