I'm a little surprised by how easy people joke about residential electricians and plumbers in this context. To begin with it requires young and healthy back and knees. How many men after 40 and especially 50 are like that and for how much longer?
Secondly, in CA to be a real residential electrician you need to be C-10 licensed. Which requires all kinds of time consuming prerequisites to begin with. Some of them could be a challenge if you are not the kind of guy who knows a guy. Apprenticeships, unions, depending on your major 1 to 4 year of "hands-on, full-time journey-level experience" and such. Your best hope is probably that your EE degree from 20+ years ago still counts for something.
And there quite a few 20 yo candidates to compete with who are taking DC/AC circuits classes in community colleges this very moment. They are not spoiled with life-long office work experience.
The competition among people who'd like to be an industrial robotics technician at the Tesla Fremont Factory is very real too.
Secondly, in CA to be a real residential electrician you need to be C-10 licensed. Which requires all kinds of time consuming prerequisites to begin with. Some of them could be a challenge if you are not the kind of guy who knows a guy. Apprenticeships, unions, depending on your major 1 to 4 year of "hands-on, full-time journey-level experience" and such. Your best hope is probably that your EE degree from 20+ years ago still counts for something.
And there quite a few 20 yo candidates to compete with who are taking DC/AC circuits classes in community colleges this very moment. They are not spoiled with life-long office work experience.
The competition among people who'd like to be an industrial robotics technician at the Tesla Fremont Factory is very real too.