When I was learning the EC trade in the dinosaur ages, my lead Journeyman insisted on soldering all ceiling fixture connections before installing wire nuts. It took a lot of extra time and frequently meant solder splashes on the floor or worse yet on the sock of my foot but I went on later to continue that practice, before I decided to persue other career paths in my life. I still have the old original Weller 550 watt soldering gun that still works, but is a bit dusty now.

35 years later, and perhaps starting up as an independent EC again, is this still a practice which one could follow as a returning EC?