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i just applied for an electrician apprenticeship.
16 bucks an hour to start sounds good to me!
better than pushin shopping carts for 11 bucks an hour. and theres no way im going to go with retail as a career for the rest of my life.
now im starting to wonder if i still wanna push my biology major.
ehhh i still do.
thats insane! jeezus, i wasnt even making $8/hr as a receptionist at a summer camp. how'd u land that job
i just looked around.Quote:
Originally Posted by BizzleLuvin
theyre there if you take the time to look! seriously.
Good move!!! a trade will always pay the bills....
you got that right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skink
how many degrees of bends are allowed (according to the NEC) in a run of conduit ?
i'm an electrician! good choice.
so are you goin into this already with knowledge of the field? or are you gona work with them and they teach you as you go?
as many as it takes...Quote:
Originally Posted by higher4hockey
Good for you! Congratulations. I had a girlfriend whos son did the same thing. They gave him some "new guy" stuff to do at first which was not glamarous at all (pretty dirty work, actually). Anyway....he thought he was better than that and ended up quiting. He was a little puss.....and still is. Just stick with it, dude. Bigger $$$$$ is just a few short years away.
You may find you absolutely loathe being an electrician, however it is a useful "back up" skill. More education is better- it gives you more than one field to fall back on. My best advice to all you kids, is to do something you LIKE doing. Even if a job pays well, unless you love it, you will eventually hate it (and yourself, for staying at it, for the security). So, consider those jobs that you can do, but would rather not do for the rest of your life, as educational experiences. Keep aiming (and educating yourself) for that job you love.
My job pays a bit less than pushing carts at Costco- but I LOVE it! I also am working from 8 AM to 6 PM with just over an hour for lunch. My co-workers don't know how I do it- it's simple, I like being there! I also have a couple of "back up" ways of earning money, but I like all of them. Don't condemn yourself to a job you hate. - Granny:hippy: