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Gen Z electricians are making $240,000 to $280,000: Mike Rowe

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Gen Z electricians are making $240,000 to $280,000: Mike Rowe

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20 segments

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Larry Fink told me to my face, "There's

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a $10 trillion infrastructure coming."

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Everybody's in their own bubble. Now,

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75% of Americans have a negative view of

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data centers. It seems pretty clear if

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we're going to compete with China, if

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we're going to build a new grid, if

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we're going to embrace this new economy,

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we need the data centers, which means we

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need the plumber, and we need the

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uninterrupted power supplies, and we

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need hundreds of thousands of

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electricians. Then you've got to

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reinvigorate the trades. The

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electricians that I interviewed and met

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2 months ago in a data center in Plano,

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all under 30, all making 240 to 280

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grand a year, all with as much overtime

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as they want, none with any debt. People

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don't believe it.

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