I'm sure that there's more to learn about electricity than I can imagine now and I would agree that it's important to know what is required of an electrician to know when one is in that busssiness, but... I am also interested in financial aspect here. If all the electrical work one does as a contractor consists of litlle more than installing new outlets and ceiling fans, then spending 4/5 years in school and getting paid less all that time seems almost as a waste of time. I still would prefer to be an electrician instead of "just installer" as Mshaw said, but where is the financial incentive?
