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[dingledong]

Nowadays I think that the newer breed of electrician looks up working for lots of money and chooses a job for the money but the older ones on here did the job to start with for different reasons
Can any one remember why they wanted to be an electrician

I will start I would think I was 12/14 and reading a book there was some picture in there of a 30ft high van Der Graff generator with a big spark going across it and thought that's what I want to be an electrician
No though of money or greed as nowadays
And no matter how little the 5wws know ,how badly it's fitted
They all know how to charge and usually they are bloody expensive to f ing expensive

 

[trev]

So the rumours are true Trevor

What rumours would they be mate?

 

[Pete999]

So crap that you can't even spell it...........

Yeah you got it total crap at woowork as well

 

[dingledong]

The rumours about tooley ! He she has not replied suppose the polite word to use is eccentric

 

[trev]

The rumours about tooley ! He she has not replied suppose the polite word to use is eccentric

Not the phrase I'd use mate but it'll do

 

[7029 dave]

I always wanted to be a sparky since I was 13,nearly killed myself putting an torch bulb in circuit on table lamp,BANG burnt fingers.

 

[uksparks]

The other thing to consider also is, what kind of a Person you are.
The more I read Tony's posts the more He reminds me of myself, what I mean by that is For me it is always a case of doing whatever it takes to get a factory, production line etc up and running.
I have often been on a machine at midnight, having been called out by my customer's and all that interested me was why had it stopped working, what needed doing to get it working.For me the very last thing on my mind was " How much will I earn",.
Now don't get me wrong I am also in business to make money, but it always gets pushed to the bottom of the list, for me it as always been about customer satisfaction, learning and applying my craft, and doing the very best I can at all times.
So to round it up for me it is always Pride 1st Price & Profit 2nd, but don't feel too sorry for me I do OK!!!.

I enjoy what I do, I purely do it for the love of it, I find it very interesting and am very practical, I know this isn't electrics, but have always been in to extreme DIY such as building extensions, garage conversions, that type of thing and really do enjoy pulling floors up etc. I know my way around a house for example and have quite a lot of experience in how it all fits together.

You are right though, it depends on what sort of person you are, I am like you really, customer satisfaction and applying your knowledge, seeing that you do a good job. Yes I am alo not a charity, but money is not something I need or do electrical work for, I do it because I enjoy it.

 

[uksparks]

Just to add, I used to play its batteries a lot when younger, things like trying to put a voltage through the bedroom door handle to catch Santa lol. I used to be in the electronics club at school in the mid 90's constructing those kits you used to be ble to buy from maplins, I think it's just something I have always been in to.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I always wanted to be a Physicist, trouble is, it's too frigging HARD!
So, any variation of the Electrical/Instrumentation Technician world was more than good enough for me.

Anywhere other than an office! I've done time as a C programmer.

 

[PEG]

I always wanted to be a Physicist, trouble is, it's too frigging HARD!
So, any variation of the Electrical/Instrumentation Technician world was more than good enough for me.

Anywhere other than an office! I've done time as a C programmer.

...Did you get out using a rock hammer hidden in a bible?...:stooge_curly:

 

[Silly Sausage]

...Did you get out using a rock hammer hidden in a bible?...:stooge_curly:

Haha...Got laid off, they (Yanks) shut down the UK (quality) side.
I had to fake the gutted look when they broke the news!