"It does kind of cut you off," said Gary Gottlieb, a telecommunications technician from Bohemia.

And they won high marks for working together to develop a training program for telecommunications technicians.

Born Alfons Karg, he trained as a telecommunications technician, but soon became disenchanted with this profession.

"We decided that, should we ever break up, he would raise the child," Harper said from Chattanooga, Tenn., where she works as a telecommunications technician.

Her husband turned his skills as a telecommunications technician into a small business.

Pavel Uryga, 26, a telecommunications technician who earns $500 a month, was eyeing a $400 microwave oven at the Multiservis store.

He spent his early working life as a telecommunications technician.

For example, Sweden used to allow conscientious objectors to choose a service in the "weapons-free" branch, such as an airport fireman, nurse or telecommunications technician.

After that, he worked as a telecommunications technician and later he attended a business school in Copenhagen.

Aigner completed a professional training as a telecommunications technician in 1985 and joined the electrical installation business of her parents.