Its not a particularly sexy or safe job, but you could say its anelectriccareer choice.
Oh, and the air conditioning.
Thats pretty good, especially when you consider the pay mentioned previously.
David Long, a lineman from Ameren Missouri, takes a break in the shade while helping restore power to a neighborhood after Hurricane Irma. Tina Russell/The Penny Hoarder
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As Ian wreaked devastation on Florida, more than 4 million people lost power.
That means plenty of work for utility contractors and line workers.
He helped build transmission lines between Florida City and Key West.
It usually takes four or five years to become a lineman, Kohler said.
You start as a grunt or groundman, and eventually have the opportunity to work as a lineman.
You could even end up a foreman or supervisor if you stay in the career long term.
Kohler himself started at the bottom and worked his way up to own Kohler Construction.
Are there still people willing to do that?
Alex Mahadevan is a former data journalist at The Penny Hoarder.
Deputy editor Tiffany Wendeln Connors updated this post.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…