Also, how did you get into it, and what sort of education or certifications (if any) did you need?

And if you were to get into the same niche today, would you? (And in some cases–COULD you, or has the door closed?)

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      My school dropped their computer aided drafting degree due to (I think) Covid making instructors impossible to find.

      So I’ve a half-done drafting degree, and naturally places like yours won’t touch me, heh. Gonna have to redo a bunch of credits.

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      Doesn’t your country just have a few standard designs you just copy/paste everywhere?

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        Even with standard components, you’re still dealing with a wide variety of different sized city blocks with different types of buildings and industries, different grid layouts, etc. You also have to plan for potential future changes in load. Even if you have a large part you can copy-paste you still need to check all requirements and design the interconnections

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          I see. It’s just that here in the UK a lot of infrastructure like that is literally just copy paste boxes. I’m from a xUSSR country originally and there all the infrastructure is just factory built all the same stuff. Something custom is super rare. I guess everyone knows copy pasted Soviet house blocks, so yeah, infrastructure is the same.