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I know a couple (so, n=2) of highly-skilled tech people who made the jump to being an electrician. They actually progressed rapidly. Neither regret making the j
by runjake 4y ago
I know a couple (so, n=2) of highly-skilled tech people who made the jump to being an electrician. They actually progressed rapidly. Neither regret making the jump.
One downside: they get pulled into more low voltage/systems work and they hate that part of the job as they wanted to get away from computers.
- bombcar 4y agoIf you go the elechicken route specializing in low voltage is a great distinguishing talent; many electricians don’t like it and don’t want to understand it; even being able to diagnose a cat 6 drop with a tester can be worth. And some localities don’t consider low voltage to be electrical at all and you need no training/licensing.
- briffle 4y agoHad a network drop in a VIP office that worked fine for 10 years until we upgraded to gigabit (this was around 2010). Our very, very crappy cable testers (basic continuity testers) all said the line was good. Had a low voltage guy we used test the line, he ripped it out, and found out half way up the wall, the wire was cut, and then each strand was spliced with electrical tape back together.
- bombcar 4y agoThe "high end" testers that do actual transmissions are worth the investment, if you do much wire-related work. And yes, so much of the "in building" wiring was done by electricians who only had experience with telephone cabling, and it can be notoriously sloppy.