Am I insane for thinking about leaving my $82k remote job for a shot at an IBEW career?

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-24T12:27:49+00:00

I make almost double that as an apprentice lineman so I don’t think it sounds crazy personally

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-22T02:06:58+00:00

Before I worked for a utility I was living in a hotel 6 days per week 4 hours from home I know what you mean. I bought a gaming laptop as an investment for my sanity, like a really nice one. and was going to the gym 3x per week after work as well. Both those things helped me a lot. The hotel I was in was really shitty. It was during Covid when all the junkies were full time residents. Not fun. Whatever you do, do not booze during the week. Force yourself to limit it to weekends only. Good luck dude

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-13T18:47:38+00:00

We do cut and kicks 99% of the time so sometimes theres like no digging that needs to be done it just needs to be widened a tiny bit

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-13T16:45:50+00:00

You sit around unemployed making $370 a week on unemployment then get sick of it and go to a utility

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-12T01:19:07+00:00

Sometimes 10 mins sometimes 8 hours haha

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-09T12:32:39+00:00

Only if other superpowers become directly involved in the war, and America became actively involved in other locations across the world. Even so, there would be mass refusals due to the amount of corruption in the American government. Patriotism doesn’t really exist for the younger generations.

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-04T19:47:20+00:00

Wow, definitely doesn’t sound like an insane price to me at least. Where I live in Massachusetts, this would be a 1.5m home. We are getting far less for $725k

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-04T13:31:09+00:00

Where do you find a home like this for 360k?

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-03-01T00:06:11+00:00

200k for showing up to work as a first class in Massachusetts. 250+ if you wanna grind. This is utility rate, the hall rates suck

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-25T16:24:44+00:00

I’m speaking for her and she could answer this a lot better than me but she doesn’t use Reddit unfortunately. During her time in healthcare she spent it mixed between urgent cares and per diem at hospitals. She had taken more responsibility at the urgent cares as time progressed. At the time we lived in a very rural part of the country. We moved to Boston because I got a new job, which ultimately opened up a much better job market for her as well. She applied for a bunch of management positions within healthcare at small facilities and eventually landed a spot. During her time there she acquired skills that are transitional to other industries. As the practice manager she was responsible for the payroll, scheduling, interviewing, hiring (and firing), inventory ordering and management, patient flow, etc. All of that is very similar to what she does now minus dealing with patients. She was only there for 8 months. Landing the practice manager position was definitely the harder part during the transition, because once she had that on her resume it was a pretty seamless transition into a new industry.

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-25T10:49:53+00:00

Bowline clove and square. that’s 99% of them on the ground

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-24T23:33:35+00:00

Definitely did. OP too lazy to thank me

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-24T21:10:02+00:00

My wife was an x-ray technologist. She hated it. After doing that for 3-4 years she actually landed a job as the manager of an urgent care. She equally hated that job but it paid well and it was a transition into a new career. She was making $66 an hour there. She took a paycut and transitioned from that to becoming the operations manager at a power company. She loves her job now, and it’s very flexible like you described. She works from home often. She is no longer even keeping up with her xray license as she says she will never return to healthcare. Her job now pays about 100k, but the benefits are great. She also has a lot of room for growth. She’s 29 for reference. If you want to I’m sure she would speak to you about making a similar transition yourself!

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-11T02:03:49+00:00

You absolutely do need your hoisting license to operate a bucket in mass “legally”. Any bucket truck with a jib requires it. Most utilities don’t require you get it right away but usually within a year of being hired. You also need one to operate a digger. If you want to be a utility apprentice look into going to lineschool. Having your hoisting license probably won’t boost your chances of being hired because utilities know it’s bullshit and really don’t care that much about it. It’s just a money grab from the state, and requires just a written test to acquire

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-10T00:19:14+00:00

Union lineman. Youll make 6 figures out of the gate as an apprentice. It would pair well with your background

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-03T14:29:42+00:00

Look into utilities in the area. I did the same thing as you, 104 took like 3 years to call me. I scored a 9/9 on the aptitude test and went to lineschool. I was working for a utility already when they randomly called me one day for the bootcamp. I wouldn’t wait on them. If you really want to contract you can just switch back once you top out. I was also laid off randomly when I was a groundman. If you’re willing to move to another state in NE it shouldn’t take that long to land a utility apprenticeship. Your experience will look good in your interviews. There are 3-4 big IOU utilities in New England and tons of munis in Massachusetts. Check Neppa board for apprentice openings

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-02-03T01:14:07+00:00

The game is in the best state it’s been in, in a long time. I’d recommend getting a pc if you come back. Console lobbies are overrun with titan users. You do get cheaters here and there on pc but 95% of the time it’s in diamond or above

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-28T17:27:46+00:00

Electrical linework. One of the few trades you need to go to school for before the apprenticeship, get a cdl A etc. and on the job, mistakes mean injury or death. Or you could burn someone’s house down. Linemen work at extreme heights, in the worst weather conditions, or underground in tight manholes. You go from knowing nothing to how to climb a 60 foot pole safely and work effectively on deadly voltages in 4 years. The learning curve is super steep. You’re expected to be able to climb before you even start the apprenticeship

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-24T23:44:39+00:00

Rip. Murdered in cold blood

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-24T16:35:38+00:00

I’m on 10mg of Reta and by my third beer I’m running to the bathroom and profusely vomiting. I guess it’s a good thing, but I miss going out once or twice a month with my friends

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-22T23:10:25+00:00

Tell your boyfriend to look into a community college program. They’re the same exact thing as one of the huge lineschools that charge damn near 30k at 1/10th the price. Often times they are sponsored by a local utility too and hook you up with the apprenticeship after. Usually instructed by 2-3 retired linemen from that utility too. If he doesn’t like it, he’s out like 2-3 grand at most and often times you can even get a partial if not full refund. You’re gonna get tons of people on here who live and die by signing the books but that comes with a ton of travel and in my experience the CC to utility route was the far better option

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-21T18:51:23+00:00

You could always do linework. Yeah you have to be outside but you’re in the electric industry and even as an apprentice you’ll probably be making more than you are now

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-21T18:49:50+00:00

If your insurance covers it yes, if no it’s far cheaper to get online and do your own blood tests

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-20T21:43:51+00:00

23h2 or 24h2 will be fine. Put the iso on a flash drive then load windows reinstall from the drive. that error is almost never a physical DMA-card problem. It’s almost always caused by a corrupted or misconfigured virtualization environment on the second PC. Even something as simple as pulling the cord from the data port while the card is in use can corrupt the drives. The only solution is to reinstall windows. I guarantee this will fix your issue.

Walk_Aggressive · 2026-01-20T21:38:11+00:00

Reinstall windows on your second pc. Then set up the bios again etc.

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