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Being an electrician sounds great until it's the middle of summer and you have to go in an attic or under a trailer.
by candiddevmike 5y ago
Being an electrician sounds great until it's the middle of summer and you have to go in an attic or under a trailer.
- spicybright 5y agoYou could just not take jobs like that. It sounds like a semi-retirement job means you'd be financial stable enough to not need to take every request you get.
- candiddevmike 5y agoI'm not sure what electrician work you think you'd end up doing that doesn't involve some kind of shitty situation, aside from maybe some types of new construction. On top of that, AFAIK in the US, to become an electrician you need to start out as an apprentice working under a journeyman or master. Which means you get the shit jobs (sometimes literally, like septic wiring).
- hodgesrm 5y agoLeaving aside problems with heat, it really helps to be small. One of our electricians was about 5' 2" and previously served on submarines in the US Navy. Another job where being of small stature is a benefit.
- smileysteve 5y agoA plumber can be similar. In a craw space, I've soldered a coupler where I couldn't get the torch to light in the small space I had. Yep, there wasn't enough oxygen to sustain combustion.
- hodgesrm 5y agoYikes. Here in California in addition to size of the space, you really don't want to be there if the ground moves. (Which fortunately is very rare.)