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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
Trades are a great thing and speaking completely anecdotally I would 100% encourage my kid to get a ticket.
I got a ticket as many on here know and the work and conditions weren't the easiest thing. This, combined with my general curiosity and interest in the electrical field brought me to a higher level of education (engineer tech) and now I'm working on my 2nd journeyman ticket.
There's also nothing wrong with "just being a journeyman" as you can open your own small business and do side work for jobs that your full time company wouldn't normally take on (smaller projects like garages/basements) and make good coin in doing it. If anyone does go down that path I'd advise talking to your project manager or some ranking person in the company and get their blessing, but in my experience it's never been an issue.
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The other important part of the trades world is that if you are good at what you do, and have good customer service, you are pretty much set for life. There are a lot of fraudsters out there, especially in housing related trades, and people will pay money to have someone who they can trust.
Imagine that, a job where if you put in a lot of effort you get rewarded for it.
