[nylug-talk] Thanks, I landed somewhere....

[geeknoob]

Actually, I did that already.  I was in the IBEW (not Local 3, but it 
was a chapter in NY), and started as a first year apprentice.

And I quit after the first year.

No, I'm not a "girly girl", I didn't quit because it was "too hard".  
Yes, I can pull my weight on a jobsite (when given the chance).  But I 
did learn one thing, no amount of money is worth totally hating your 
job.  (Read: General foreman that like to make the lives of those with 
matching X-chromosomes hell.)  I'll take my current <$35k/year over the 
union's $100k any day, hands down.

Just my $.015c
~Kelly

alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Ajai Khattri wrote:
>
>   
>> geeknoob wrote:
>>     
>>> Hey waitaminute...  $35k is more than I make at my current job (in 
>>> IT)...  lol.  Maybe I should switch to retail!
>>>       
>> I often joke about how you're better off being a plumber than in IT in 
>> NYC...
>>     
> s/plumber/electrician/
>
> 4 years of school (which you get paid 40k$ during), and then you join 
> local 3 and make 100k$ off the bat. Union rate of 75$/hr, double overtime, 
> triple weekend overtime.
>
> Seriously. If you want money, that's the place to be.
>
> -alex
>
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