I have a cousin and uncle in the ibew, they like it

I've talked to a fella at the local branch about this apprenticeship, had a great conversation. They seem like standup guys.

I'm applying next Wednesday but I don't think I'll be taking the aptitude test/interview till December, from what I was told.

My mother in law called me yesterday, she’s selling her house and moving (farther away thank god) but she had a ceiling fan in one of the bedrooms that worked intermittently and wobbled pretty bad, stopped by after work to take a look....

LOL

Apparently the previous owner just stuffed the housing full of socks trying to keep it from wobbling

It wobbled because it was half ass attached to a light box, not one for a fan. I would have had to crawl about a mile through her attic to change the box, so I just put a light in its place. I thought the fan motor might have had a short anyway, but it had no continuity to ground, checked the incoming voltage, it was fluctuating between 110 and 40v. Pulled the light switch, whoever put it in had used the stab connectors instead of the screws and had cracked it.

Submitted all my paperwork today

test and interview somewhere in December

My family knows another young man currently ~2 years into the same program/apprenticeship that I'm applying for. He dropped out of college/nursing school with no prior trade experience and was accepted into the program. He says they are DESPERATE for motivated young men ready to work

(pretty much what ya'll that I've spoken to have told me)

Pretty positive that I'll be an employed apprentice electrician by the end of December

will keep ya'll updated

@Px4 you should see some of the crap I've pulled off of walls and ceilings.

Most memorable was a large outdoor led that filled up with water because a seal broke. Line was still hot, just heated all the water for who knows how long and burned the crap out of us when we took it down.

@Deleted User congrats on becoming a man.😂

And yeah man it's really hard to get the young guys to work. The ones I see are lazy, no work ethic, can't show up on time, dick around when they are at work, and complain every minute. Oh and they can't stay off their phones, they take no intuitive.

And God forbid you give them a hard time. We work labor intensive jobs that sucks, we talk shit all day because it's funny.

I'll see a young guy fighting with removing a nail, so I'll say something like, you going to let that little thing whoop your ass. Instead of saying something clever back, they pout about about me being a dick. Ha

Bro, this big black guy started a couple weeks ago, and he can't fucking do his job. He can't pull wire because he's too much of a bitch, even though he's 6'5" 230 lbs, he can't follow directions even though he asks questions all day, and he talks shit even though he's the most useless guy on the crew

I'm going to make him quit

Haha that sucks, I run guys like him off too. Haha

I banter well, follow directions and don't complain.

ready to learn that big brain trade shit

Good luck man, it's treated me well. I have good savings from it, even though I'm underpaid. Even a bad company pays you pretty well.

And where the fuck is @Deleted User

Working on banner lol

Still?

Just getting started trying to do the computer work in the layout now I had to have somebody help me

Did you do the one with Erika?

@Deleted User oh shit, you should have said something, I can help a little. Work is kicking my ass, people want windows before Christmas and not plywood. Haha

Just secured an electrician apprenticeship for this winter with my local IBEW

Bad ass man!

@Nick-NJ If any given circuit gives you too much trouble, you can always just tear it out of the wall.

Haha I'll have to see if there is any correlation to shocking myself and my strength increasing

I'm super excited though since I've been shitting the last 3.5 years finishing up my management degree

Happy for you brother.

Thanks fam

@Nick-NJ congratulations, brother

I'm the typical good goy who fell for the college meme and ended up working retail. In an AR podcast one of the guests was extolling the virtues of the trades, specifically electrician work. I'm hoping it is what I need to pull myself out of paycheck-to-paycheck living. Can anyone help point me in the right direction on how to get started as an electrician?