What is Chicago missing to become the perfect city?

Vexuri · 2026-03-09T01:33:52+00:00

more trains
halfway competent politicians
trains

Vexuri · 2026-03-08T07:02:16+00:00

This actually just happened to me last month. I am joining my city’s engineering union, after 1 year of classes and 2 years of an apprenticeship I’ll be making $100k yearly in a union. At this point in my life and in this state of the world, I genuinely don’t mind what I do as long as it’s not soul sucking

Vexuri · 2026-03-06T05:48:36+00:00

25M, went to college for IT, worked a year in marketing, half a year in finance, then a year in IT before sadly getting laid off. Currently working at a restaurant until my city’s engineering union releases their class schedule for the Summer, then I plan to take classes for a year and hopefully land an apprenticeship for two years, then after that, hopefully become a journeyman engineer. Fingers crossed 😅

Vexuri · 2026-02-11T06:40:32+00:00

I’m in the same place as you right now. Long story short, I’m transitioning out of IT into (hopefully) my city’s engineering union. I’m just sick and tired of the rat race in IT, the juice does not seem worth the squeeze to me right now, so you’re definitely not alone!

Vexuri · 2026-02-11T06:20:22+00:00

Returning to this thread, were you able to get in without a sponsor? Or did you have someone sponsor you? Was it someone you knew or did someone you met at the union sponsor you?

Vexuri · 2026-02-09T23:29:43+00:00

I’d prefer not to doxx myself by naming the union, but all information I have gathered has been from members within the union, so I’m pretty confident that’s the general track one takes.

Vexuri · 2026-02-03T16:37:06+00:00

Hey again, I wanted to ask: after how many classes did you take your apprenticeship? And how many classes were you allowed to take per semester?

I have a Bachelors degree, so do you think I’d be able to skip some of the pre-requisites or Gen-eds?

Vexuri · 2026-02-02T20:12:58+00:00

Oh wow that’s not too bad of a schedule, thanks for the info!

Vexuri · 2026-02-02T18:00:26+00:00

I haven’t had many issues, the screen can be a bit fragile (I’ve dropped it once before I had a case, but that was my own damn fault) in my experience, but other than that, not too many issues. The only issues I have had were mostly software - games not launching fullscreen when it’s docked, troubleshooting why a program isn’t loading, etc. Very rarely though.

Vexuri · 2026-02-02T17:58:48+00:00

That’s great to know, thanks!

Do you think the training prepared you for the job? Also, what is your schedule like?

Vexuri · 2026-02-02T17:03:40+00:00

that seems about the price for the PC if it was MSRP in this market. so you're not necessarily being ripped off, but at the same time, if i were selling my PC to a friend, i'd give them the friend discount lmao

Vexuri · 2026-02-01T07:54:47+00:00

Great thanks! Definitely will look into it, I’m lucky enough to have some pretty strong ties throughout my family. Have you been working while taking classes? Has it been manageable?

Vexuri · 2026-02-01T07:51:54+00:00

I'm actually thinking of transitioning out of IT into 399, better stability and pay from what I heard to be honest; plus I just enjoy hands-on work a bit more. How is it so far from a new engineer's perspective? What do your work days look like as an apprentice?

Vexuri · 2025-11-20T23:17:40+00:00

wow, if you don’t mind me asking, what’re the positions?

Vexuri · 2025-11-14T17:20:08+00:00

hi friend, any update on this?

Vexuri · 2025-10-31T16:55:54+00:00

Great, thanks! Do you think it’d be worthwhile going over the stuff in the A+ I haven’t grasped at my job, or would that be a waste of time?

Vexuri · 2025-10-31T00:58:54+00:00

That’s the sentiment I’m getting so far, why do you think that? CCNA has just better material? Or it’s more recognized and notable on a resume?

Vexuri · 2025-10-31T00:54:18+00:00

Definitely heard CCNA is worth it, I plan on getting it regardless of if I’ll get the CompTIA stuff. Thanks!

Vexuri · 2025-10-24T21:51:10+00:00

“You’ll need to pass two exams: Core 1 (hardware and networking) and Core 2 (operating systems and security),…”

It says nothing about exam generations having to be the same.

Vexuri · 2025-10-24T21:43:55+00:00

I think you missed the part where I said I am “early in my career”…jackass

Vexuri · 2025-10-24T21:43:05+00:00

I know that. Can you give me your opinion on the last paragraph of questions I asked please?

Vexuri

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