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Very true, it is difficult to even find an opening for the training to start the process, the schools are limited and have short enrollment windows that are fie
by ceroxylon 2mo ago
Very true, it is difficult to even find an opening for the training to start the process, the schools are limited and have short enrollment windows that are fiercely competitive (at least in California).
- bespokedevelopr 2mo agoI applied for an apprenticeship several years ago when I was testing the waters to rotate out of tech after covid. Tested into the highest percentile, had previous high voltage experience with OEMs, a mech eng degree, still ended up like 200 people deep in the queue. That was the end of that interest. You basically have to be friends or family with someone to get into IBEW.
- tedmiston 2mo agothis is a bizarre timeline of reality where an ME degree gets you waitlisted for an electrician apprenticeship
- bespokedevelopr 2mo agoIn the end I'm happy it turned out the way it did. I've had some great experiences since and stayed in tech. Plus that freed up a slot for one of the many early 20s kids that were trying to get in.
- axus 2mo ago"A Soviet engineer needs some plumbing done in his apartment..." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487885 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487885
- 8note 2mo agomechanical is pretty famously bad at things that dont include gears
- nekooooo 2mo agoyeah. it's like a guild. hired someone to install my ev charger on an app who had lots of horror stories about apprenticeship.
- astura 2mo agoWhen my (very smart) brother applied to be an apprentice electrician the waiting list was more than a decade long, lol. He ended up going to college instead (this was like ~15 years ago).
- bandrami 2mo agoI mean, go to an IBEW hall in a busy area and talk to the shop steward; he can probably start you tomorrow