@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."

Which is really just their attempt at squeezing cash out of you.

Gen Ed is such bullshit. I can study Chinese Lesbian Pottery on my own time, thanks.

^^^

6-months, aka 6 classes of garbage.

Each class I want to say was 5 credits, so roughly $100-140 per credit.

Am I high school I got the job shadow mechanic for my senior project. was going to do about a mechanic shop and then they said they'd been 44 me to jobcenter which was literally we just sitting here watching him and I went to an oil Bay and then let me job shadow. What you was me just sitting there watching them and then they were teaching me things.

ok thats a good start. go around to different shops in your area and see if theyre interested in hiring an apprentice. try quick lube positions at dealerships. if you have a sears automotive around you, theyre a good start.

pick up a set of tools too

@Big T alright

1/4, 3/8 ratchet set metric