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Originally Posted by VaSteve

I have a friend who's a building engineer.... He said that my area (DC) is hard to find people to do that high end work since everyone's kid out here went to school to be lawyers and doctors and such.

Just don't let them grow up to be cowboys, right?

Originally Posted by dd74

FWIW, it seems Orange County, CA, is becoming the mecca of battery technology. There's about four or five companies in the area, a couple of which the City of L.A. is keeping afloat with big contracts for the ports and police force.

Tesla is somewhere in L.A., too, IIRC. And T3 Motion seems to be getting a lot of local and state govt contracts.

So Dave, I could probably sell my house and get a nice trailer in OC, right?

Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte

I have no idea why that makes me chuckle, but it does.

Besides, I suspect combat engineers are a different stripe altogether.

I respect the hell out of those who serve, but it's not for me. Especially not at 29 with a wife and two kids.