Subs who went from working for someone else to running your own thing - what surprised you most about the business side?
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Electrician here, about two years into running my own shop after working for a bigger company for 5 years. The actual electrical work is the easy part - its everything else that caught me off guard. Biggest surprises for me so far: How much time the paperwork takes. Quotes, invoices, follow-ups, scheduling. Some weeks I spend more time on that than actual jobs. Tax season was brutal the first year. I had a shoebox of receipts and no idea what half my deductions were. Clients who are great on ...
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Originally published on March 02, 2026.
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