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    1. Design Install

    Love this job: Cabling photos

    March 12, 2021
    As a great man once wrote: "All you need is love...Love is all you need."
    Matt Vincent
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    Heart Geralt

    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...

    Reddit/Cableporn
    Love1
    "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
    Reddit/Cableporn
    Love2
    "Just a lil' guy with a bunch of temp patch cords." -- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/I_TRY_TO_BE_POSITIVE
    Reddit/Cableporn
    Love3
    "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
    Reddit/Cableporn
    Love4
    "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
    Reddit/Cableporn
    Love5
    "I will show you perfection. New gen Panduit shielded 6a."-- Reddit/Cableporn OP: u/DFus-e
    Send your must-see cabling photos to [email protected].

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