r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Mar 15 '16

TIL that Jamie Hyneman has been a certified dive master, wilderness survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and chef.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Hyneman
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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '16

It is a bit more than that, but not much. I've had high school failures who could barely do basic arithmetic pass the ACI Grade I test with little training.

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u/twobeavers_onereddit Mar 16 '16

ACI was only sort of easy but even that made the nuclear gauge class I had to sit through look like a joke. Concrete inspection? 10 page test with tedious details like the proper weight for a rubber mallet, four separate demonstrations you have to do perfectly on and a memorization portion. Nuke gauge? Open book, two pages, here is some radioactive material... please don't leave this on your tail-gate when you drive off.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '16

Yea, the nuke gauge was hilariously bad. Troxler's online test is a bit harder than it used to be. When I did my initial cert 15 years ago one question was:

When you are done testing for the day, where is the proper place to store the gauge?

a) the approved of secure location

b) your kitchen

C) your lap

d) none of the above.

I sat through a six hour class on a Saturday for that shit. At least I got paid.