60k sounds pretty nice. but 60 hour weeks. count me out. I would rather have a LIFE.
The way i got into installing was by simply walking into the place where i work now right off the street with resume in hand. I had never worked in the field before, Infact it was really the first real job i had besides working for my dad. I did have the advantage of coming right out of college with a degree in electronics, but at first I wasnt even doing installs. I was working in front of a computer drawing up blueprints (very boring might I add).
I have been working in the field for just over a year now, Im the lead installer now... well the only one at the moment so that makes me lead. If you want to be a good installer you need to have a pretty good working knowledge of hooking up all types of A/V stuff. But because you would be just getting into the field the most important thing is you need to be good with your hands. Its not all just going in and hooking up someones elses 10k theater system everday. Theres crawling in attics, pulling wire, and of course nobody wants to ever see anything so expect to be cramped into a cabinet half the time. Its also not just home theaters depending where you work. The company i work for also does security, CCTV, automation etc.. Which is really nothing to do with a theater system. Dont forget the programming remotes etc. And your customers who want the world at their fingertips with a touch of a button and dont have the slightest clue how to use the equipment nor the desire to learn.
I got into the field because I had liked the audio scene for years before and It was a way for me to work doing something that i would be at least interested in. But let me tell you, there are definetly days when i think... What was I thinking?!
