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Should I bother pursuing a career as an Electrician?
- Thread starter MarquisBlack
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This attitude will get you nowhere..The right question is does my lifestyle fit with my career. A little something called ''work ethic''..
Something the west seems to lack these days lol
I disagree. If I were already knee-deep in a career, then it would make sense to tailor my lifestyle to said career.
I am looking at potential career-fields, from an early-20's perspective. It only makes sense to look at careers that mesh with my chosen lifestyle.
I plan to work to live, not live to work, thanks.
Well too bad you are not 20 years older....cause times..they are a changing..
Ecpecialy when considering you want to be an electrician. If you have what it takes to be a doctor or an engineer. I suggest you go for that. But that definatley wont be ''the stoner lifestyle''. Shit i've been working so hard i have not had a smoke in 6 months..
Quoting Gordon Gekko ''Lunch is for pussies!''
Uh-oh, first it's about work-ethic, now it's about age...
How big was the hill you had to walk up again? Just kidding, dude.
How big was the hill you had to walk up again? Just kidding, dude.
i'm a sparky by trade.
we're all potheads.
the money is in commercial and industrial work.
fuck residential.
but that don't mean you can't fully automate your entire growroom if need be.
sky's the limit if you take school seriously and LEARN while you're there.
you could even wire up rooms for buddies.
cash money.
we're all potheads.
the money is in commercial and industrial work.
fuck residential.
but that don't mean you can't fully automate your entire growroom if need be.
sky's the limit if you take school seriously and LEARN while you're there.
you could even wire up rooms for buddies.
cash money.
Uh-oh, first it's about work-ethic, now it's about age...
How big was the hill you had to walk up again? Just kidding, dude.
My point was the next 20 years will be NOTHING like the last 20 years..
It's gonna be some Charles Darwin shit...survival of the fittest...
stc9357
Member
Put it this way it's a great field but you have to bust your ass as an above poster said. You really have to decide if you want to do physical labor for the rest of your life, it's a business that you can easily out branch into owning your own company. It pays well especially if you get into the commercial side. I personally say go for it but not if your planning to hit Cali. and make money off setting up ops.
I see now. I agree completely.
Yep. I agree. It doesn't seem as thought becoming an electrician is in some way damning yourself to a life of hard-labor. Maybe if you decided to stay at the entry level, but I don't plan to do that. If I start down this road, I'm gonna eventually get that certification. Then you can do contract work with your own company. It's not guaranteed, but the possibilities are there.
I've been doing a lot of hard labour. And let me tell you something..it builds character! Something pencil pushers will never understand. You can always work your way up to be an executive. And the best executives are allways the ones who have been down in the trenches with the rest of the troops..
Agreed, just like officers in the military.
Not everything done through unions at the journeyman level is worth doing.
For instance I happen to be a journeyman butcher by dint of time served and dues paid, but I hope to God I never have to do that ish again. Living in a bacteria laden freezer is not my idea of a good time, not for 20 bucks an hour. I could easily become a HVAC tech, for that matter, but if I'm gonna do hard work it's gonna be on my own time, not on a timeclock.
I've been maintaining my lifestyle as a medical caregiver/grower ever since I left that biz. This flood out here in Cali is killing me, though. I'm thinking about calling the union hall and getting some hours just so I can pay all my bills.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
For instance I happen to be a journeyman butcher by dint of time served and dues paid, but I hope to God I never have to do that ish again. Living in a bacteria laden freezer is not my idea of a good time, not for 20 bucks an hour. I could easily become a HVAC tech, for that matter, but if I'm gonna do hard work it's gonna be on my own time, not on a timeclock.
I've been maintaining my lifestyle as a medical caregiver/grower ever since I left that biz. This flood out here in Cali is killing me, though. I'm thinking about calling the union hall and getting some hours just so I can pay all my bills.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
it's all about how you work.
some people work hard,
others work smart.
you don't have to kill yourself out there.
i'm not saying be lazy,
but like my old boss told me years back
"20 % of your work is theory,
the other 80% is common sense"
some people work hard,
others work smart.
you don't have to kill yourself out there.
i'm not saying be lazy,
but like my old boss told me years back
"20 % of your work is theory,
the other 80% is common sense"
etncrew
Member
Ok here's the deal. I'm not a sparky, but I'm a journeyman plumber/gas fitter and working on my refrideration mechanics ticket as well. Best career move I ever made was dropping outta college and working for a living! Plumbers and electricans are the two trades where you will ever be outta work. most plumbers are puffers and a lot of sparkies I know are two. I'm out of town right now taking another hvac training class and out of the 12 of us taking the class half were puffers, I smoked a few after class with the dude who parked beside me.
Just some food for thought
Just some food for thought
In the Army, our Senior Drill Sergeant told us we would become either smart or strong during our time in the military. Very true.
R
RNDZL
blows my mind that people don't see the potential exponential growth in the field as green energies are adapted to off load use of traditional fuels
S
sparkjumper
I've worked as an electrician for over 10 years and my best friend has about 15 years experience.Well I guess I should say he had 15 years in the trade,about a month ago he was electrocuted on the job.Not many plumbers or carpenters lose their lives doing their fucking jobs
