Years of experience

[mdshunk]

Back around 1989 I drew a picture of a turtle and mailed it in. When I got the reply, it became sorely obvious that a career as an artist was out of the question. I'm still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up.

 

[brian john]

I started July 5, 1970,37 plus years. First journeyman's license 2 years later first master 2 years later. Which is why I seldom put stock in licenses till I get to see the work or get to know the electrician. Because I had not a clue (thought I did).

Commercial, residential apts, residential, residential service, commercial service, construction, hospitals, schools, data centers, battery maintenance and testing, ATS factory service rep, IR thermographer (finally certified after 25 years), certified electrical test tech, power quality and grounding consultant and all around trouble shooter,

 

[iaov]

Dont know if this is the right place to start this thread but I was wondering how many years and experience some of you guys have? and at what parts of the trade? I have 17 years in mainly industrial, but have done quite a little commercial and resi also. I thought I new alot until I joined this forum. The best part is I am learning everyday again when I am reading posts.:smile:

30 years for me. Mostly industrial also. More recently lots of residential and some commercial. Like you I thought I knew a lot until I joined this forum. Still learning every day and I still love going to work.

 

[randomkiller]

I remember laying in my crib a pondering Ohm's Law,
then after years of endless schooling, I joined The Marine Corps. After several years of being professionally unsocial, I rejoined civilian life. Having failed the matchbook art test as MD a friend asked me to come join him. So I took a test and ended up bending EMT for several years. Then I was thrown to the wolves as a journeyman. That was all @21 yrs ago, give or take the occasional reserve duty time off. I still want to be president when I grow up, just have to figure out what small island country the coup is gonna be in.

 

[khixxx]

finished tech school in 99. worked in commercial for 3 months, worked production maintenance for 9 months. worked E&I for a water and sewer company for 4 years. I got my masters and contractors license in 04 left E&I to go back to Commercial/Industrial with the first company I was employed with. Set up a side business for those 2 years. Found out I didn't want to be in construction or a EC in those 2 years. Now I do I&C for power plants traveling the US. This is also getting old traveling. Sense I usually only work 6 months a year I thought about setting up another business. Oh how the we go full circle.

 

[JohnJ0906]

In '90, I was working at a restaurant (pizza/sub place) as a manager. It was my 1st job at 16, and I stayed for 5 years. In June that year, I came in one Friday evening to find someone had been promoted over me, and I turned my keys in and walked out. Drove down the road to another similar place I knew looking for a job. Found out the owner was out of town for a week, but, since I knew him, and all the management there, I knew I would have a job as soon as he got back.

But that night, a friend said to me, "Hey I can get you a job as an electrician where I work. They will hire you with no experience, no prob." I was kind of tired of the same-ol', same-ol' day in, day out, so I thought I would give it a try.

17 1/2 years later, I sometimes wonder how things would have worked out if that guy hadn't have been on vacation. But I'm very glad he was....

 

[wbalsam1]

My Grandfather was hired to put an electric light in a privy up at our local indian reservation way back in the 1920's....he was famous afterward, because he was the first person to "wire a-head for a reservation" :grin: :grin:

edited 12/17/07 to be serious: I started as a young boy of fourteen working with my Dad. Later I worked for local contractors while in school and in college. Then joined the Union and worked all over. I wired for twenty one years before taking a county department head of building codes job in 1985. I've done building and electrical inspections and code-related work ever since. And I think I've appreciated every day for one reason or another.

 

[cowboyjwc]

30 years for me.

started out as a helper doing custom homes and swimming pools and some very small commercial projects. Did that for six years. Then went to work as a maintenance electrician, for a worldwide printer manufactuer taking care of 1M sq feet of so of buildings, for about another six years. Went to work for the city 18 years ago as the Chief Electrical Inspector.

The guys that are waiting to take my job hate me because I'm only 49 and not planning on retiring any time soon.