An electrician ripped my bathroom exhaust wiring, I owe him a six pack

Had a buddy who does residential wiring come by to look at a flickering light in the bathroom. He saw how I had the exhaust fan wired to the same switch as the light. He just shook his head and said "you're not doing that, are you?" Turns out I had it sharing the neutral with the light circuit. He spent 20 minutes explaining how that can backfeed and leave power on the fan even when the switch is off. I fixed it the next weekend, separated the neutrals, put the fan on its own timer switch. Cost me about $18 in parts and an afternoon. Anyone else get corrected on basic code stuff they thought they had right?

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