My hack was to offer two months of free work to a local electrician (I was fortunate to be able to do that). He took me up on it, and it worked out. He and I no

My hack was to offer two months of free work to a local electrician (I was fortunate to be able to do that). He took me up on it, and it worked out. He and I now have an arrangement where I can do my own electrical (solar) projects under his license (with his availability for questions) for a flat per-project fee. ...This pays much better than the hourly rate as an employed apprentice.