How long is to long?

[rustyryan34]

I just had a couple questions for everyone,

How old you are?

How long have you worked in the electrical field?

Do you work for someone or own you own company?

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

 

[mdshunk]

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

about 150, or until I die. Whichever comes first.

 

[SiddMartin]

I am 27, been in the field for 5 years, and want to stay in the trade, however, I do not want to stay in the field as I believe the ware & tare will take a toll on one's body. I work for a company that has about 15 lead guys in the field.

edit to answer question: I want to be outta the field by 35 or so?

also edit: would stay in field if self-employed

 

[chris kennedy]

How old you are?

48

How long have you worked in the electrical field?

20+ years?

Do you work for someone or own you own company?

No interest in my own business. Others can spend their days chasing money.

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

Until they pry the kleins from my cold dead hands.

 

[brian john]

How old you are?

55 soon to be 56 with luck.

How long have you worked in the electrical field?

38 years 28 days

Do you work for someone or own you own company?

I have been in business 24-25 years and have partners. Do not ask how 3 men stay partners this long.

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

I will not be retiring, I will work till they have to pull my 9" Klein's from my hands (or hopefully my kayak paddle).

 

[khixxx]

How old you are? 28

How long have you worked in the electrical field? 2 year tech school. 8 years field.

Do you work for someone or own you own company? I'm a traveling tech. I work for multiple employers. I just formed an LLC we'll see how that goes.

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field? Long as I can.

 

[George Stolz]

I am 28, been in the field for six years. I hope to go to college and persue engineering someday soon, as I don't think I'll hold up to field work exceedingly well in the long run. If I never get around to that, I'll probably be in the field indefinitely.

I can't envision owning my own company - as Chris Kennedy said, I enjoy not having to chase down the money.

 

[roger]

I just had a couple questions for everyone,

How old you are?

53

How long have you worked in the electrical field?

35 years

Do you work for someone or own you own company?

Project Manager for a pretty good sized company, but I do have a company registered in my name and license

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

Well, I pretty much left the field 10 years ago when I became a PM and I do miss being in the field.

Roger

 

[cadpoint]

How old you are??

51

How long have you worked in the electrical field??

18 years, I just found a pay stub for 1990' gezz & I started as a summer full time job, between teaching...
15 on the drafting board

Do you work for someone or own you own company??

I presently work for a company.
I had my own company unrelated once... the name remains.

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

Well, they keep raising the retirement age. But I will take into consideration any appropriate offers.

The numbers didn't add up, lol

 

[EBFD6]

How old you are?

29

How long have you worked in the electrical field?

10 years

Do you work for someone or own you own company?

I work as a commercial/Industrial service tech for a mid size (70ish field personnel) electrical contractor, I am a 40 hr/week kind of guy and could not deal with the amount of time involved with running my own business, I value my off time way too much!

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

This is the big question I ask myself everyday. I don't want to do this job forever, but I don't see myself being able to sit in the office everyday either. I don't want the responsibility of PM or estimator.

I think another 10 or 15 years of this will be about all I can handle.

I think I would like to do something a little less physical and a little more technical like PLC programing work, maybe even working for a GE or SQ D or something like that.

 

[growler]

I just had a couple questions for everyone,

How old? 54

How long in the field? One form or another since 18 but not always construction. Military, Maintenance, 24 years construction.

Work or own? Owner

How long do I plan on staying in the field? Until death, loss of health or win the lottery. I don't think I have bought a ticket in the last year so my odds are real long.

One comment: there are ways of slowing down without leaving the field, service work is not near as hard as heavy construction. Even a foremans job is much easier than being a grunt in the ditch.

 

[wirebender]

I just had a couple questions for everyone,

How old you are?

54

How long have you worked in the electrical field?

Since 1979

Do you work for someone or own you own company?

Have owned my own company, currently working for an old friend who started out working for me.

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

A couple more days of 104+ degree weather here and the question will be moot.

 

[brian john]

One comment: there are ways of slowing down without leaving the field, service work is not near as hard as heavy construction

I was 17 when I started in the trade shortly after my 18th birthday I figured this out, it was 22 degrees and starting to snow on the deck with 25 mile an hour winds. Spent 2 years deciding how to make this happen.

 

[cadpoint]

... Spent 2 years deciding how to make this happen.

& We all see now know that you are truely a quick study!

 

[growler]

I hope to go to college and persue engineering someday soon.

George you will make a great engineer, I have never worked with one yet that could spell. They are good at math.:grin: :grin:

 

[brantmacga]

I just had a couple questions for everyone,

How old you are?

How long have you worked in the electrical field?

Do you work for someone or own you own company?

I was just wondering till what age you plan on still working out in the field?

25

10

self employed

28 (if not sooner)

 

[George Stolz]

George you will make a great engineer, I have never worked with one yet that could spell. They are good at math.:grin: :grin:

I didn't even notice, good call.

 

[chris kennedy]

I was 17 when I started in the trade shortly after my 18th birthday

I would be interested in hearing more about the secrets of time travel.

 

[rustyryan34]

25

10

self employed

28 (if not sooner)

Leaving the field at 28?
What job are you planning on getting into?


Im 25 and had been working in the field for 5 years for someone else. But i still dont know what i want to do.

 

[don_resqcapt19]

57
in the trade for 35 years
project manager for medium sized company ~8 million per year...same company since day one
will work until 65 or so if I am able