So You Think You Could Be an Electrician?

Re:So You Think You Could Be an Electrician? by tome on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:58AM (#49953114)

> but this is what's crazy to consider: the difference in wages we are talking is no more than $3 per hour

What's crazy about it? Do you mean it's crazy that people chose to work a dangerous job when a safe job was available for not much less?

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Re:So You Think You Could Be an Electrician? by sans_souse on Sunday October 04, 2026 @09:42PM (#49959795)

I'm failing to see your point. A $9 /hr job that risks serious bodily harm vs a $12/hr job where the level of risk is say 5-10x greater? Where's this safe job you speak of?

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Re:So You Think You Could Be an Electrician? by tome on Monday October 05, 2026 @12:03PM (#49966680)

Oh you're right, I misread. But in that case isn't it even less crazy? Different levels of risk pay different amounts, up to 33% more in the cases documented above?

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Re:So You Think You Could Be an Electrician? by sans_souse on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @01:07AM (#49974422)

I think we agree! That's exactly what I infer from it.

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