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re: PSA for parents: Steer your children into being an electrician
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:36 pm to TideSaint
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:36 pm to TideSaint
He’s getting paid this:
I need a nice old folks home sooner than 50 years from now
quote:because he has this:
$6,100 a week in addition to $150 a day per diem.
quote:
40+ years of electrician experience
I need a nice old folks home sooner than 50 years from now
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:37 pm to billjamin
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I have two master electricians that work for me for licensing and otherwise just have an office job and I pay them both about 300k a year.
You looking for another one?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:44 pm to TideSaint
The discussions around being a tradie have become almost evil. Never encourage anyone to do the trades if you're not going to give them ALL the cons.
Almost every dipshit here that talks about trades is not only not a tradie themselves and never ever talks about the downsides.
Stop being liars and deceivers.
Being a lineman is good money but the risks to physical health up to death is WAY higher than your average office guy.
Hear of deaths and major injuries all the time.
Theres a reason an entire generation of tradesmen told their own children to go to college and get an office job.
Almost every dipshit here that talks about trades is not only not a tradie themselves and never ever talks about the downsides.
Stop being liars and deceivers.
Being a lineman is good money but the risks to physical health up to death is WAY higher than your average office guy.
Hear of deaths and major injuries all the time.
Theres a reason an entire generation of tradesmen told their own children to go to college and get an office job.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:44 pm to Prodigal Son
quote:
You looking for another one?
Maybe. Ones been getting a little mouthy lately. You got a CA C10?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:46 pm to UFFan
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Intuitively I’d think there would be a fairly high risk of electrocution, although I don’t know what the actual stats on that are.
Or falling out of buckets working on transmission lines, or the bucket itself falling and killing you.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:47 pm to TideSaint
Plumbing isn't bad either.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:47 pm to TideSaint
I think the trades get a reputation for making a lot of money because they drive a 3/4 ton, have a boat, 3 4 wheelers, a side by side, and a get your nails done once a week wife.
Pretty sure they are all just in debt and commiting tax fraud writing off everything they can to the business.
Pretty sure they are all just in debt and commiting tax fraud writing off everything they can to the business.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:50 pm to TideSaint
Trades are the future
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:51 pm to Kafka
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I am a lineman for the parish
And I drive the poorly maintained road
but do you wear rhinestones?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 7:54 pm to UFFan
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If you want your son to become an electrician, the last thing you should do is tell other parents to also steer their sons into being electricians.
You misunderstood him. He’s not telling his son to be electrician. He just wants to let everyone else’s that it’s a great option.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:08 pm to Turnblad85
quote:
As of May 2026, the average salary for an electrician in Mississippi is approximately $53,000 to $58,000 per year
I make more than that working IBEW in Mississippi.
I can travel and make 3 times that.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:14 pm to UFFan
quote:
Intuitively I’d think there would be a fairly high risk of electrocution, although I don’t know what the actual stats on that are.
Any chance your lazy arse could look up the stats and learn something?
Lazy frick.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:16 pm to tiggerthetooth
quote:
The discussions around being a tradie have become almost evil. Never encourage anyone to do the trades if you're not going to give them ALL the cons.
Almost every dipshit here that talks about trades is not only not a tradie themselves and never ever talks about the downsides.
Stop being liars and deceivers.
Being a lineman is good money but the risks to physical health up to death is WAY higher than your average office guy.
Hear of deaths and major injuries all the time.
Theres a reason an entire generation of tradesmen told their own children to go to college and get an office job.
My grandfather was an electrical contractor. So was his brother.
My father and his twin brother were electrical contractors. Their 1st cousin, my 2nd cousin from the OP, is an electrical contractor.
My family installed the lights for the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium and the Mississippi Coliseum on the state fairgrounds.
You can take your post and shove it right up your arse.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:17 pm to NIH
not wrong 
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:18 pm to TideSaint
quote:There are no new nuclear plants being built in Mississippi.
by an outfit in Mississippi building a new nuclear reactor facility.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:23 pm to Kafka
quote:
I am a lineman for the parish And I drive the poorly maintained road
Looking for overloads?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:26 pm to billjamin
quote:Ive got a Ca C10
You got a CA C10?
What you need Baw?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:27 pm to ell_13
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There are no new nuclear plants being built in Mississippi.
Port Gibson.
Entergy exploring possible second reactor at Grand Gulf nuclear plant
This post was edited on 5/13/26 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:27 pm to ell_13
Sounds like this guy’s cousin went broke during retirement and had to bullshite to OP to not sound like a loser
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:27 pm to TideSaint
The trades are underestimated for making serious money.
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