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Re:Ask HN: Have you started a business because nobody wanted... by Aromasin on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @11:37AM (#19739444)
I've been incredibly tempted to do an electricians apprenticeship, so it's cool to hear someone from an academic background that's actually done something similar and gone into a trade. My study was Electrical and Electronic Engineering so I imagine the career swap would be trivial, but it's a large time investment.

How did you find the time to do it? To become a licensed electrician in the UK apparently takes about 4 years, and I'd earn pittance until qualifying so that's the only thing stopping me currently. I assume plumber would be as similarly stringent.

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Re:Ask HN: Have you started a business because nobody wanted... by LastManStanding on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:46PM (#19751288)
I had a roommate who had both and EE degree and was a licensed electrician. He could get a high paying job with just a phone interview. All the more amazing because he was a felon who served five years for drug smuggling and would reveal that in the interview right off the bat.
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Re:Ask HN: Have you started a business because nobody wanted... by ryanjmo on Thursday April 25, 2019 @03:21PM (#19751599)
In the US you can do "plumbing service" without a license. So that is any repair basically. You just can't do installation, so no new construction. However, there is plenty of business in service and I like the work better than installations.
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