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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:
Well said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm Crow
well i dont have experience in the field but i have experience with the work. ive wired my friends house that he was building and all that. i had an electrician with me and he was givin me all sorts of pointers and stuff.
im going to school for my true love, this is just for the time being. and if i end up enjoying it ill stick with it.
i remember i dated this girl in high school and her dad worked for dynalectric and he always tried to get me to be his apprentice but i never went for it. i should have because id be making big bucks now i bet.
anyways i think ill be into it, but well just have to wait and see.
Sounds like a great thing to do. At least you'll learn how to safely wire up lights and breakers for a grow room :)
And you can help some of us noobies !
Electricians make great money and as far as trades go it's probably the easiest... to suggest a trade is less of a life while trying to open a mind is closed minded...Quote:
Originally Posted by Storm Crow
halfassed....i think you'll like it. i dont know about you, but i think if you don't own at least one pair of shoes/boots that you're not afraid to get dirty, then something is seriously wrong. by all means pursue a degree, but i think you'll enjoy electrical work. its pretty satisfying strapping on a tool-belt and seeing what you've acomplished at quitting time.
good to have another hockey fan !~
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Originally Posted by higher4hockey
i own boots, im not afraid of gettin dirty! i do excavation and demolition with my brother all the time. hes an operator (runs tractors and stuff) so i help them whenever they need. i helped him demo and rebuild his house too, were still doin the drywall, but the finishing touches (if you know what mud/joint compound is, thats where were at).
and i think i said before but yeah i wired up his house and it wasnt tough, we had an electrician helping us out and he just stood behind me and told me if i was doing anything wrong. he explained a lot too. were gonna hook the breaker box up here soon when were done with the mud and stuff.
Hopefully they accept your application man. :) I wouldn't get too excited as you might get let down hardcore. You just applied. That doesn't mean you got the job. Not trying to sound like a dink, but just don't get your hopes up until you are actually hired.
i only applied for an apprenticeship. actually you get accepted into a school and they pay you like 13-16 bucks an hour to go to the school and while your there electricians pick you up as an apprentice if they like you or your work or something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
i dont think ill get rejected i saw the worst looking clowns coming out of the place.
im not worried or excited. im a pessimistic optimist!
cool. good luck.
gratsi!
So how'd that end up for you? Did you get it?
meh, do both, take a shitload of electronics and instrumentation classes too, and get a very specialized job in the future working on analytical laboratory equipment. Those companies (Agilent, Dionex, Perkin-Elmer, etc.) pay fabulously.Quote:
Originally Posted by halfassedjediknight
i actually called them back and they said theyre still processing all their interview data crap or whatever. im calling them again today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou
im not fond of the runaround!