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Re:We need a lot more electricians if we’re going to electri... by frankus on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @05:05PM (#34345658)
I mean apprentices are great, but we just got done reading an article about how there's a shortage of workers in the field.

You can either train more workers to do it the old way or invent new ways that require fewer workers (or less highly-skilled ones).

Kind of how PEX plumbing (whatever its drawbacks) has made it much simpler to plumb a house than it was when soldering copper fittings onto copper pipes was the norm (let alone threaded connections shudder).

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