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Love this job: Cabling photos

March 12, 2021

As a great man once wrote: "All you need is love...Love is all you need."

As a great man once sang: "All you need is love...Love is all you need." Words to live by, especially for many ICT cabling installation techs as seen on social media's Reddit, in its sub-community devoted to sharing photos from the trade...

"Some days I really love my job! My co-worker has my label maker, so Sharpie numbers are a good placeholder for now. I used to do heat shrink all the time, but I was asked to stop. Extra time and expenses that weren’t being worked into the bill." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP [orig. poster]: u/20draws10

"Just a lil' guy with a bunch of temp patch cords." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/I_TRY_TO_BE_POSITIVE

"Prepared an ODF for a 96f fiber-optic cable today. Going to splice it next week. Was the first time in a long time since I did this. Still got it I think." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/majsmartin

"Had no idea there was a sub for my favorite fetish. Some fiber work from last year...didn’t take too long because there was lots of space. I wasn’t crammed in a little closet or crawlspace. This particular job took probably 30 hours or so from end to end." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/portrait_black

"I will show you perfection. New gen Panduit shielded 6a."-- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/DFus-e

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About the Author

Matt Vincent | Senior Editor

Matt Vincent is a B2B technology journalist, editor and content producer with over 15 years of experience, specializing in the full range of media content production and management, as well as SEO and social media engagement best practices, for both Cabling Installation & Maintenance magazine and its website CablingInstall.com. He currently provides trade show, company, executive and field technology trend coverage for the ICT structured cabling, telecommunications networking, data center, IP physical security, and professional AV vertical market segments. Email: [email protected]