r/electricians is a good place to lurk to get more inside information about this trade. As you note, there are definitely sectors, like resi(dential), commercial, industrial, and they work by different rules.

The speed needed by a residential electrician is very different than the long-term outlook you hear from industrial electricians (“label that box because the next guy to service it could be you”).

Another recurring trope is the perceived hierarchy between the trades. I lose it when a plumber is described as a “turd herder.” And drywallers get no respect.

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cperciva 2 hours ago | parent [-]

And drywallers get no respect.

I find this especially unfortunate given that, in my experience, drywallers understand the rest of the trades far better than vice versa, since they're in the position of being able to see everyone else's completed work.

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dylan604 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

seeing someone else's work does not mean you really understand it. We've all seen Michelangelo's David, but none of us could recreate it. Just because you've seen the wiring/conduit in the wall does not mean you know the hows/whys about it.

	▲	MisterMower an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Yes, but a person who has visited hundreds of art museums will have a better understanding of art than a guy who only paints landscapes or carves wooden figurines. You can learn a lot by observing what is good work and why, even if you didn’t produce it yourself.
	▲	gjvc an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		you are giving the word "understand" too much depth here. it's pretty obvious what the parent post was getting at.

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edoceo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

All the dudes saying it's easy can't mud up a smooth wall for shit.