There was an old telecom guy named Mike Sandman from Chicago who put together a decent video a looong time ago on getting wire through residential construction. Some of the techniques border on hack & slash, but a fresh face needs to learn the best practices as well as a little taste of ugly reality.

Another source for some decent tips is the Platinum tools tech section
[Link: platinumtools.com] I just happened across this a few weeks back and I thought it was well done.

I remember teaching myself some tips and tricks by browsing the old Labor Saving Devices catalogs and trying to figure out why the hell anyone would get stuck using some of those odd contraptions...

It also helped me that my former partner had been an electrician specializing in retrofitting updated electrical systems and lighting into Victorian-era homes during the '70s. That guy can get anything anywhere!!