Not the entry level electricians. Those data centers also want electricians that know PLC, some coding, generator certifications (for the backup gens), and a couple other certs I can't remember at the moment. Basically, they want people who just went thru 3-4 mths of electrical school then just stopped there. They want electricians that would have an equivalent of an electrical engineering degree thru a mix of various schooling/certifications PLUS between 10-12 yrs of work experience, too.
I like Mike Rowe, but some of what he says just isn't factual.
There isn't an AI date center out there that is hiring kids right out of the trade schools and paying them more than what they'd make starting out at a company as an entry level tech. $260K/year is for the guy who's in charge of the whole damn facility maint. dept there. The average starting wage for an entry level electrician (non-Union) is about $20-22 an hour, and in some areas it's even lower. And they're paired up with an experienced tech for a few months to make sure they won't kill themselves or fuck anything up. I've seen some places here in Ctrl FL paying entry level techs somewhere between $16-18/hr starting wage.
I know a kid who spent 6 yrs in the Navy as an Elceteonics Technician that got hired on with a Defense Contractor with a maint conteact at a data center in VA. and he's making about $70K. The Navy's ET school is about 6-7 mths and they cram an Associate's Degree's worth of info into their brains in that time. Classroom and lab time for 5 days a week, 8-9 hrs a day for almost 7 mths, longer if you fail a section and get rolled back. It's the best electronics technician course you'll ever find outside of a major university specializing in STEM programs. That kid is now training incoming new hires, but he's still not at the 6-figure mark yet because he doesn't have more than a decade's worth of experience. And even then, if he doesn't go back to school to get some certs in some of the other electrical sub classes, he probably won't be able to get into mgmt.
To get to the point where you're getting $260K/yr as an "electrician," you're still gonna spend about $100K in schooling.
I like Mike Rowe, but some of what he says just isn't factual.
That's a fact.
There's politics, certs, unions, clique bs etc etc throughout. You can't buy your way into 10+ years of experience on the job. You gotta eat a lot of shit for a long time before you're anywhere near a position like that...
Not the entry level electricians. Those data centers also want electricians that know PLC, some coding, generator certifications (for the backup gens), and a couple other certs I can't remember at the moment. Basically, they want people who just went thru 3-4 mths of electrical school then just stopped there. They want electricians that would have an equivalent of an electrical engineering degree thru a mix of various schooling/certifications PLUS between 10-12 yrs of work experience, too.
I like Mike Rowe, but some of what he says just isn't factual.
There isn't an AI date center out there that is hiring kids right out of the trade schools and paying them more than what they'd make starting out at a company as an entry level tech. $260K/year is for the guy who's in charge of the whole damn facility maint. dept there. The average starting wage for an entry level electrician (non-Union) is about $20-22 an hour, and in some areas it's even lower. And they're paired up with an experienced tech for a few months to make sure they won't kill themselves or fuck anything up. I've seen some places here in Ctrl FL paying entry level techs somewhere between $16-18/hr starting wage.
I know a kid who spent 6 yrs in the Navy as an Elceteonics Technician that got hired on with a Defense Contractor with a maint conteact at a data center in VA. and he's making about $70K. The Navy's ET school is about 6-7 mths and they cram an Associate's Degree's worth of info into their brains in that time. Classroom and lab time for 5 days a week, 8-9 hrs a day for almost 7 mths, longer if you fail a section and get rolled back. It's the best electronics technician course you'll ever find outside of a major university specializing in STEM programs. That kid is now training incoming new hires, but he's still not at the 6-figure mark yet because he doesn't have more than a decade's worth of experience. And even then, if he doesn't go back to school to get some certs in some of the other electrical sub classes, he probably won't be able to get into mgmt.
To get to the point where you're getting $260K/yr as an "electrician," you're still gonna spend about $100K in schooling.
That's a fact.
There's politics, certs, unions, clique bs etc etc throughout. You can't buy your way into 10+ years of experience on the job. You gotta eat a lot of shit for a long time before you're anywhere near a position like that...
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