I really enjoyed watching this video: 10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Microsoldering. The ten things are:
- You can only learn by actually working on motherboards
- You can actually get good quality tools (for cheap) from AliExpress
- Just because a tool works well for someone else doesn’t mean it will work well for you
- 90% of good soldering comes from having an understanding how heat works and how heat dissipates
- All the pros that you see on YouTube are still learning too!
- Know your limits, there are some problems you can’t fix
- Some things aren’t worth fixing because of the time and effort and cost involved, but sometimes things are worth fixing just for practice and learning purposes
- BGA work isn’t as scary as it seems or is made out to be
- Buy your consumables in bulk
- Spend time learning from pros on YouTube!