I have a friend who was attending WSU for Mechanical Engineering but he made a lot of mistakes, and goofed. He took a year off, and I think he stopped attempting to go back. He's been part of a shitty scene and now works at Walmart or something.

Not sure if he has debt.

theres no governing body that certifies a tech. so you can work on a car with out one

@[DGI]tech I have two friends who are going to college and both are doing service security which is a lot of money but my one friend who's really smart and everything you know spent a lot of time on school. and I'm the type of person I can't sit in a classroom for 2 hours a day did learn something with 50 other people

at the dealership level, a lot start out in quick lube and then work their way to line tech

@Big T I've had people tell me that working in a dealership is okay but not great there's a lot of BS you have to deal with

Honestly, my buddy is a smart cookie if he puts his mind too it, but just lazy. I'm sure he could be better off if he worked towards becoming a Mechanic and working his way up, but who knows his life goals now.

@Deleted User I'm always surprised how many engineers I meet on Discord.

i was a dealership level mercedes benz tech. i liked it. the bs is the same as any shop imo.

we have warranty to deal with, but its not bad and you get used to the protocals

@xbigmoneygrip Yearp, that seems to the dichotomy nowadays.

@Big T that was my thing I was like I've never really talked to anybody who worked in the dealerships I don't know if it's just you know you have a crappy manager or if it's just the deals for business in general

a lot of guys can cut it at the dealership level, they get shitcanned for cutting corners etc

@[DGI]tech on my one friend did all the extra classes and everything in high school what is the smart guy and he has all As

those dudes yell the loudest

I originally wanted to go to UDUB and then found out they wouldn't accept my IT credits, and found out that the classes taught were all garbage anyway.

So here I am working towards certifications.

whenever an independent cant fix a car, they always send it to us

I might attend WGU in the future.

we get all the factory training and special tools

@Big T what you said supposed to start out as a mechanic.

Also, ha. I did extremely poorly in High-School.

Freshman and Sophomore year was a collective 1.3 GPA or something?

If you want to be a mechanic

I just barely graduated.

The latter two years were roughly 2.4.

Yikes. Were you just goofing off?

@xbigmoneygrip "what you said supposed to start out as a mechanic" huh?

@[DGI]tech I did average in high school but I knew before your college was not for me.

Or was it hard for you?

@Big T what's the best way to start out going into you know auto mechanic kind of career area

oh!

have you worked on your own car before?

I had an extremely shitty family, and school dynamics, in addition to being bullied so I want to say I was depressed, and highly cynical so I didn't care.

or have any mechanical knowhow?

But after my Associates I ended up with a 3.4 or so.

Gotcha

So I definitely turned it around after H.S.

@Big T little. I'm a Hands-On type of person I'm really great with Hands-On stuff I can't sit at a desk it's too boring for me and drives me insane

I will say though that I could have graduated 6 months sooner if it wasn't for colleges bullshit classes.

Because ma "well roundedness."