Before the Navy, and before my short stint in college majoring in computer science, I took a vocational class in high school teaching basic housewiring. In fact if you google the phrase Modern Housewiring book you can see the same text book I had in high school. The class was pretty fun, and valuable in many ways. By the end of the class, I had put together a working fusebox that powered a couple of lights and switches. If you’re interested, you can get an updated edition of the book on Amazon.
A few years later when I was in the Navy, I had leaned toward being an electronics technician, but because I hadn’t yet learned how to study effectively, I ran into some of the same problems I ran into in college. Tragically, it wasn’t from partying like most people that struggle with college the first time around so there aren’t many interesting stories but I digress…