I thought I'd drop this link in case anyone is looking for a shorter term career opportunity while they pursue school. Verizon gave a grant to Pace University to fund this program to find more technicians. Half of the country still has no fiber access. There's a lot of money to be made there. And it isn't exactly the most complicated work. The program is free and you get a digital cert at the end you can use to leverage a position with Verizon, Frontier (who Verizon now owns), or any of the other major ISPs.
I'll just leave this here with the hopes that it might give someone another option they didn't know they had. Hope everyone is doing well between life and school!