Wireman
Written by Peter Li-Chang Kuo
(Chinese)
Few
people alive today may know that there was once a very popular profession—the
"Wireman" (Wiring Technician also
known as a Deploying Electrical Wires Technician). In the 1960s, the wireman
was a well-paid job, and one who could also get ahead of their employer. All
electrical appliances required those wiring technicians to ensure optimal
wiring configuration so that the products could be sold and generate revenue.
Therefore, employers dared not offend wiring technicians, and their status was
extremely high, almost untouchable.
However,
as I developed more and more products and promoted the concept of "shared grounding," the importance of wiring
technicians diminished. Until we successfully developed the portable "transistor cassette recorder" and upgraded bakelite
plates to "printed circuit boards"
(PCBs), the wiring technician profession suddenly disappeared from the face of
the earth.
Do
you know how many professions will disappear like the " Wireman" (wiring technician) in the near
future? We must be prepared for the future and take preventative measures.
Therefore, we must work together even harder to pave a way for
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