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View Poll Results: Do you
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Own an electrical contracting company
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22 |
41.51% |
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Work as a journeyman for a company or union
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20 |
37.74% |
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Work as an apprentice for a company or union
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8 |
15.09% |
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Work as an employee for a non-contracting electrical business
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2 |
3.77% |
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Own a non-contracting electrical business
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1.89% |
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Work as an employee of an electrical contracting business (not journeyman or apprentice)
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Electrical educator
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0% |
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Electrical Inspector
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04-07-2010, 06:50 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: PEI, Canada
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Employement type
Do you own a electrical company, are currently apprenticing, or a journeyman working for a business or union.
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04-07-2010, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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None of the above. I think your poll needs some more choices, pretty diverse group here.
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04-07-2010, 08:37 PM
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Wire Ninja
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Beautiful Cumberland Valley, in PA
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I added a few options. I don't think the OP will mind. I put myself down as an apprentice. I'm still trying to figure out this electrical stuff.
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04-07-2010, 08:39 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: PEI, Canada
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Thanks very much. I need to think bigger!
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04-07-2010, 09:21 PM
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REMOVED
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: NJ
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But you forgot union troll and the most important choice of all
The craigslist hack
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04-07-2010, 09:45 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: PEI, Canada
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Originally Posted by robnj772
But you forgot union troll and the most important choice of all
The craigslist hack
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LOL, love it. Just like the D.I. Wire thread
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04-07-2010, 10:30 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Charlotte, NC
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Originally Posted by nick.pei
Thanks very much. I need to think bigger!
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Still none of the above, can you add a none of the above choice?
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04-07-2010, 10:32 PM
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Chief Electron Relocator
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cornpatch USA
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I don't see self-employed RAT there, so I guess I can't vote because I don't own a humongous company that owns 10,000 service vans and employs 5,044,500 electricians.
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In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
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04-07-2010, 10:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: PEI, Canada
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Originally Posted by Zog
Still none of the above, can you add a none of the above choice?
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How do I edit my poll?
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04-07-2010, 10:48 PM
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Chief Electron Relocator
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cornpatch USA
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Originally Posted by nick.pei
How do I edit my poll?
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PM the mods.
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In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?
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04-07-2010, 11:06 PM
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Wire Ninja
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Beautiful Cumberland Valley, in PA
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Originally Posted by Zog
Still none of the above, can you add a none of the above choice?
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So you're neither an owner or employee of a contracting or non-contracting electrical company? I thought you worked for CBS?
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One reason not to give DIY advice:
Catch a man a fish and you can sell it to him.
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04-08-2010, 12:06 AM
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Enlightened Rat
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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I just pretend to own my own company. Thanks to my friends at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation who can't seem to find the time to look over a few forms, stamp them and give me a five digit number.
Mark one for "Pretender" 
That or maybe "Unemployed" would be more appropriate. 
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04-08-2010, 06:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: NASA
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Originally Posted by Grimlock
I just pretend to own my own company. Thanks to my friends at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation who can't seem to find the time to look over a few forms, stamp them and give me a five digit number.
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Go easy on them, they have many phone calls to ignore and extended breaks to take, don't try to interrupt them with production. 
I hope you get set up soon, being out of work sucks.
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04-08-2010, 09:43 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
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I put myself down as a Journeyman.
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04-08-2010, 09:47 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by Zog
None of the above. I think your poll needs some more choices, pretty diverse group here.
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Agreed... there's a lot of options on there that are applicable for me as well.
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04-08-2010, 08:00 PM
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Enlightened Rat
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Fort Worth, TX
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Originally Posted by Bob Badger
Go easy on them, they have many phone calls to ignore and extended breaks to take, don't try to interrupt them with production.
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Begin Rant:
This is the third license I will be receiving from them. My journeymen I received after I moved here from CA. It only took them 7 months to approve it. They lost my paper work twice in the process; apparently no one knew how to handle out of state experience verification so my file got tossed around until no one knew who had it, TWICE. When I applied for my Master license application I included notes, stickies and extra details on everything, even a 2nd grader could have approved it in one sitting. It still took them over a month to approve it. I think I woke someone up when I called and they realized that my application was on the desk. Now with the Contractors license application it has been OVER one month, WTF? The secretary of state has already approved my LLC and I applied for both at the same time. Oh well, any day now... Then I can get my decals, make business cards, print forms, I can't do any of them without my license #, it has to be on pretty much everything in TX.
End Rant
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04-08-2010, 09:10 PM
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PGW Professional
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Rahway, NJ
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Originally Posted by MDShunk
I added a few options. I don't think the OP will mind. I put myself down as an apprentice. I'm still trying to figure out this electrical stuff.
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You have a long way to go before you're able to work on your own but just hang in there and it'll happen one day. You might even one day be your own electrical contractor and offer advice to other electricians on an internet message board. So just hang in there and be a good listener. 
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04-08-2010, 09:23 PM
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Chief Electron Relocator
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Cornpatch USA
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Originally Posted by Magnettica
You have a long way to go before you're able to work on your own but just hang in there and it'll happen one day. You might even one day be your own electrical contractor and offer advice to other electricians on an internet message board. So just hang in there and be a good listener. |
If he's really good after all those years, he may end up being a moderator on one of those forums! 
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