Posted by karl f on December 14, 2009 at 20:53:22 from (172.129.113.155):
In Reply to: dealerships posted by olliekid on December 14, 2009 at 13:10:32:
the guys with their own shops seem to do pretty well in my area. they have no employees and fix everything under the sun. I know one had a real job as a JD tech for many years. The other i'm not sure how he got started. Things are changing so much it seems that advice that was good even 5 years ago is complete bull today, and even common sense won't guarantee career success.
I work for an aftermarket auto parts store & make 9/hr after 6 years fulltime. I got into the discussion against college at work one saturday with a customer. He knew me growing up and seemed disappointed that i was working there knowing i went to a prestigious 4 year school for the area (i get that alot actually)...long story short, another customer piped up when i said i decided tech college is the way to go. he said he was an electrician that started as an apprentice and that many of the trades and vocations still offer the traditional apprenticeship training, so you basically get paid to learn and when your training is done, you have more experience than a tech college grad. you will be more favorable to be hired. You will have zero debt for education (tools and such you will likely pay for). He said the high schools will never tell you this because college recruiting and education is big business. I believe the guy as I had never heard about apprenticeship as an option in the USA. And look at the price of any college times # of students--more money than oprah!
there's a lot out there but you gotta find it yourself. Go talk to people doing what you think you would like to be doing. You might get a chance to do a job shadowing or short internship, and maybe get school credit for it as well.
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