Just to let you all know, i got an electrical apprenticeship with a company called Schumaker electric , they have about 15 employees , and travel around the country(mainly east coast) to do electrical work in supermarkets and industrial buildings. they work in 7-11 stores and CVS pharmacies too.

so with that said i just started my career!

i start on the 18Th

Congrats! You should be able to rescue lots of good stuff from older supermarkets and stores!

Congrats mate

Congrats man!!

Congrats, so it is looking more optimistic...

Congratulations. There will be passion in your work - no stopping you now. 

thanks guys, the thing is i got laid off from my job, they didn't have enough work for me, but the good news is i got hired on the spot by a lighting company called stay-lite, they do relamping/re-ballasting of any kind of light, mainly in walgreens and Kohls stores, they were glad to hire me because of my lighting knowledge 

Thats neat ! Hopefully they are in the mind of "reliable lasting" in contrast to "green"

well they do use electronic ballasts(all that's available) at least they use sylvania ballasts and lamps and GE lamps. they seem to use full mercury extra life lamps, but dead/working lamps replaced are inventoried and recycled so i may not even be allowed to take working lamps, so yeah kinda a waste
i have been in those stores many times that they relamp, often times they replace lamps every other year, only a small percent of them will fail before being replaced, but i mean i might be able to get away with making ballasts last longer(using 4 lamp ballasts for less lamps) but i dunno yet, i start on Tuesday relamping some store

Well good luck with that one too. Sounds like an even better job anyway!

Good luck! Break a leg (in the good way,  not by falling off a ladder!)

Awsome, good luck with it all.