Hot Wired - From the bottom of the ladder up

business, careers, education · EN

A young IBEW electrician talks you through the wildest job in America right now, wiring the data centers that run the AI age, while figuring out his own life one paycheck, one panel, and one new town at a time. Part ride-along, part coming-of-age, part the best argument for the trades you’ll ever hear, from a guy who still can’t believe he gets paid for this. Hosted by Connor Walsh. New episodes weekly. Bring your own coffeeNobody told Connor Walsh the door was there. Three semesters into a community college degree he hated, broke and going nowhere, he stumbled into an electrical apprenticeship almost by accident. Two weeks in, he knew. Four years later, he’s a fourth-year IBEW apprentice wiring hyperscale data centers on the biggest construction buildout since the Interstate Highway System, making more than his college friends, with a pension they don’t understand yet, having the time of his life. Hot Wired is his show. Every week, Connor brings you onto the job, what a data