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We talk with Doug, a two‑time Cable Skills Challenge champion, about how disciplined practice, mental prep, and a service mindset led to back‑to‑back wins. He shares the drills, the mistakes, the fiber testing nerves, and why process beats polish when the clock is running.

• recreating event stations with racks, 110 blocks, conduit, and 25‑pair
• judge feedback turned into checklists and step maps
• OLTS and OTDR anxiety, tool familiarity, and Softing impressions
• visualization before sleep and memorizing ITSIMM steps
• speed over cosmetic quality under timed rules
• staying calm to fix a wrong port termination
• awards night signals and realizing the overall win
• career impact, choosing to judge, and mentoring first‑timers
• why you should apply for 2027 and how to prepare
• family support and good luck charms that anchor focus

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We take a frank look at AI’s impact on low voltage and networking, from estimators and PMs to installers and engineers. Expect honest talk on what jobs change first, which skills pay off, and how to use AI without losing your edge.

• near-term risk for estimators, PMs, customer support via AI efficiency
• installers safer today yet exposed as robotics advances
• standards, grounding, firestop, and transmission basics as career moat
• predictive troubleshooting reducing break-fix firefights
• labs, certifications, and layer 1 mastery still critical
• AI-guided installs, image checks, and documentation at scale
• blueprint takeoffs, BOMs, and bids improved by AI tools
• shipping, firmware, and QA workflows automated to cut DOA
• merging lines between installers and engineers under AI
• five-year view of top-tier pros using agents and live audits
• human communication as the standout skill

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A candid walk inside the Cabling Innovators Awards reveals what really moves infrastructure forward: proof in the field, standards that prevent failures, and people who quietly solve hard problems. We honor fiber’s rise, copper’s purpose, fault managed power in use, and the character that keeps networks running.

• Backstage moments and unfiltered voices
• Fault managed power moving from theory to deployment
• Fiber’s growth with copper’s ongoing role
• Powering devices over distance with practical tools
• Testing that validates fiber, copper and Wi‑Fi
• Workforce gap and 3D interactive training
• Standards work reducing failures and conflicts
• Actual intelligence as the engine behind innovation
• Winner shout‑outs and case studies that prove value

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