[AlbertCory]

>> ""PCB [printed circuit board] manufacturing and assembly is a very low-margin business and is largely located in Asia. It comes down to access to low-cost labor, a vast ecosystem of factory infrastructure, and flexibility. It is hard to replicate the ecosystem in the US today," said Kundojjala. "

I have a section in The Big Bucks about "PCB manufacture": it used to be [1970's] outsourced on a piecework basis to people in my neighborhood [SV] who did it in their garages. Some of the very old timers around here still remember it. It was before my time.

The electronics companies would deliver the boards & the parts, and the neighbors would stuff them. One of those companies was Apple, I believe.

If you were really good they might have you solder.