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[–] 4 points 3 months ago

I actually switched into IT. My commute to work was pretty bad and my brother and friend had a work from home job, so they put in a good word for me, and here I am. Honestly I got pretty lucky with this one as I don't have any schooling for it, but I do pretty well in interviews so I was able to land the job. That was 5 years ago.

I was able to bullshit my way through the interview saying electrical had a lot of transferable skills like troubleshooting problems, working with work computers, plus I do a lot of PC work on my own time as a hobby (which is true) etc etc.

Got my red seal (Canada) so if I ever want to go back into the trade, I can really easily and would be starting again at journeyman wage.

I think electrician will be one of those jobs that will always be in demand, but you might have to go where the work is. I'm from BC and spent my first year working out in Alberta doing a camp job. After that though, 9 years pretty steady at home until I left it on my own terms

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    [–] 14 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I went to electrical school right out of high school and was an electrician for 10 years. Learned a ton of practical skills, can fix just about any household or mechanical issues, and bought my first house 5 years in. Best decision my parents ever encouraged me to do. Would recommend and also not sure why it gets so much flak

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    looking for other users experience after recently switching to linux (lemmy.ca)
     

    Hi all,

    I made this post about a year ago: https://lemmy.ca/post/31760258

    At the time, I was going to switch a couple laptops over and if all went well, put Linux on my main rig.

    I just wanted to provide an update on my own experiences, and wanted to see what other people's experiences were like.

    I put Mint on both my laptop's, and enjoyed it. Familiar enough to Windows where I could mess around with things, but different enough that I could learn. After 7 or 8 months of rocking Mint, I finally put Bazzite on my main rig. I did during the work week, which on hindsight was a bad idea because I also run Windows on my main rig as my work requires Windows, but I accidentally deleted my Windows bootloader (lol). After an evening of panic, I was able to recover the bootloader, set Bazzite up with dual booting, and it's been smooth sailing since.

    I'm a pretty big gamer, play lots of games with a bunch of friends, and after about 3 months of using Bazzite, I have not run into a SINGLE issue that has prevented me from playing anything. I have been shocked at how smooth everything has been. In the morning, I boot into Windows, work for the day, and then when I'm done I just run boot-windows through Steam or reboot to get into Bazzite and then I'm gaming.

    I have done a little bit of tinkering with audio to get my desk mic to work correctly, but it's been great!

    For others who have recently made the switch over, what was your experience like? Any issues? Any tips or helpful suggestions to share?

    Cheers!

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