Mobile Electronic Installer as a career?

1. Pay is not great but if your learning consider part of your potential wages as a learning fee

2. If you apply yourself, you will work yourself up in most places. You need to learn as much as possible and the best thing to do is job shadowing with another senior installer ( if they want to show you the tricks of the trade. )

3. Only if the place of employment requires you to have MECP certification. I myself do not hold this certification in high regards.

4. You only make as much as you put into it. Long hours, hard work & no life ............ what do you think ? It's worth it to me to know that at the end of the day, all that hard work goes back into my business and it's something that I can call my own.

5. If you like the job and continue to learn and progress in your career, the satisfaction of installing will never stop. I've been installing for over 10 years now and I still love it because it challenges me.

Jeff hit the nail on the head. Only thing I'm going to add is if you chose something for just monetary reasons you will more than likely burn out at it. I was doing a job I didn't like but the money was real nice. It is now the opposite for me money isn't flowing in but I enjoy what I am doing. That is just my opinion. Also wages fall were you rank with ability and time served as with they will with most companies.

Good luck and don't let others make your decision it is an important one

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read through that if you have some time. my 4 yr at best buy is in july and i currently make $15.37 as install senior. if you wanna install, you won't go any higher than install senior.  it's not bad, but not nearly as good as it used to be. best buy is stuffing themselves down the crapper and it's about to flush. my $.02 anyway