Same story here in San Diego County, CA. We turn work away at my shop because there are just not enough competent hands to do it all. Only electrician out of work at my shop is one who doesn't get his butt to the job to do the work.
ga.sparky56: words if truth.. you do have to decide what price you are willing to pay, and to be honest, none of us has a job for life anymore the way our dads and grandfathers did- if you want to survive anywhwere these days, you gotta be scrappy and be willing to learn to do new and different things to earn your daily bread. There is a large clique in my shop who turn their nose up at resi work and only want to do commercial-or-nothing and I just shake my head and think "the money I earn doing resi or commercial is just as green and spends just the same.." Attitude is often the difference between employed and unemployed.
