I’m far better at welding when the work is horizontal, especially with stick, all the old sayings fit at times, did the pigeon get away, weld inclusion in the slag etc, actually i’m not too bad.
I have a 160 amp inverter stick welder, so hand and light weight and easy to use, perhaps not quite as forgiving as the big oil cooled ones we had at work, but they were 3 phase probably 500amp or more .