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The original was posted on /r/electricians by /u/Aggravating_Basket82 on 2024-01-19 01:14:29+00:00.
I passed my Journeyman exam! I haven't been this amped in years. Long time lurker first time poster but now somehow I feel like I belong here. 2nd times the charm, first time I went in shooting from the hip and failed but I picked myself up off the floor, signed up for the next exam (about a month away) and studied like my children's lives depended on it (because in a way they did, I kept a picture my daughter drew for me over my study area for when I didn't feel like studying anymore to remind me) and BOYS I FUCKING DID IT.
I'm with a good company that already pays me very well especially for rural northern wisconsin but I'm going to be making almost 35 an hr MINIMUM as a first year jman with good bennies, realistic work expectations, big christmas bonuses, guaranteed yearly raises of over a dollar up to 40, paid drive time yadda yadda yadda. Keep in mind this is an area you can still buy a 3 bedroom house on 3 or 4 acres for 80k (at least for now the Midwest is booming yall, if you can handle the cold they got some conduit to run and wire to pull for yall up here)
I can honestly say all the bullshit I've dealt with over the years, all the times I've been so close to quitting this trade and looking for something easier, it's all paying off.
Forgive me for ranting, I just had to share, I'm off to grill me a big ass steak and drink a cold one that's been sitting outside in 8° snow.