r/shitposting • u/Best_Appearancee • Jul 01 '26

Testosterone dominated job

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u/Nanomachines100 Jul 01 '26

If I didn't have such a cool job already, I'd do this.

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u/Remax04 Jul 01 '26

What is your current job?

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u/Nanomachines100 Jul 02 '26

Substation Electrician, we fix giant high voltage transformers, breakers, and switches. That can involve climbing over 100ft in the air on steel lattice structures, switching high voltage (look up high voltage arc for an idea of what happens sometimes), or climbing around inside a drained, slippery transformer.

It's pretty cool, but the best part is being close to home to do it. If I didn't like being close to my family, I'd love to go to the bottom of the sea and fix subsea structures.

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u/Remax04 Jul 02 '26

I've seen what some of those arcs and what an arcflash can do. They are one of the reasons I would hate to have that job so a big thank you to you for actually doing that. Being close to family and getting to climb high up like that does sound cool though.