I have two solid life long friends from High school. I was the best man for one, that is how close we are. Two of us are planning a future business venture. The

I have two solid life long friends from High school. I was the best man for one, that is how close we are. Two of us are planning a future business venture. The three of us get together at least two or three times a year even though we live far apart. In shop class I impressed my teacher who was a master electrician and businessman. He pressured the school to move a $250k (1994, USD) robotic manufacturing system to our shop and I was given full reign of it. That introduced me to an intersection of computers and electronics which pivoted me from becoming an electrician to an EE. My shop teacher also became my electrician and I hired his son to perform two commercial service installations. Sorry you missed out on such amazing opportunities.