Perhaps the transferable skill in hand-tool woodworking with the greatest relevance to a career in programming is this: recognizing when slowing down for precision is called for; perhaps for many of us, the implied converse is more important. That is, recognizing when we can save time and effort by accepting something noncritical as "good enough".

Paul Sellers has an incredible ability to communicate passion for making things, at once providing incredibly precise instruction and making the beginner unafraid of making mistakes. Watching this series of videos set me on a path that I will surely be traveling years from now. For those of you who don't know his body of educational work, perhaps it will interest you to explore it.