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My buddy did this. Apprenticed to become a low voltage electrician. Runs Cat6 for office builds. He did it for the reduced stress. He’s a lot happier. He owns a home in SF on a single salary.



Man in highschool I interned as a technician for a school computer lab.

Never in my life do I want to run Cat6 cables around again. I was freaking 17 and already getting back aches from leaning down so often.


lots of missing information here. running cat6 can be done without highschool education. I highly doubt this is a lucrative job, no more than $25/hr.


> become a low voltage electrician

You must have missed that part.

I worked for an engineering firm that did low voltage design (Network / A-V). The people who installed our plans weren't just high school types, trust me.




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