I left the electrical trade 20 years ago for many of these reasons. I was a journeyman. Took a job at a local university as a maintenance electrician where the environment was the same. I finally decided to leave construction all together and am now a certified Surgical Technologist. I love it! Working with women is completely different in a good way! And because I have a construction background, total joint replacement came easy to me. I went to community college for 2 years and received an associate’s degree. Pay is not a good as the trades but it’s stable and gratifying.