# Apprenticeship - looking for employer **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apprenticeship-looking-for-employer/131151 "2010-01-29T12:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 19
**Author:** ![duckJAI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duckjai/32/5553_2.png) [@duckJAI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duckJAI)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apprenticeship-looking-for-employer/131151/19 "2010-01-30T22:12:01Z")
> [@hurricane katrina was bush's fault](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hurricane-katrina-was-bushs-fault/25858/15): > > anyone who works less than 50hrs a week is a wuss 🙂 > > pay is going to be based on skill and productivity, not just years. If you’re as good as a 10-15 year guy after 4-5 years you’ll get the same $ or similar. Thing is, like most trades, you always get better and faster and learn to do the more complicated work as you get more experience. No different in auto body. I rather be a wuss but spend more time and see my little boy grow up 🙂 It’s true if your good at it, you can do it a lot faster or better then experienced guys. BUT, it all comes down to the owner of the shop to give you more slice of his pie in the end. If he’s willing to share then yeah, you’ll make tons. If not, your stuck in the 60-80k range for your entire career at that shop UNLESS you own a piece of the pie 🙂 Like I said, from what I’ve heard the auto collision industry ain’t like it used to be where people made 6 figures easi-er. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apprenticeship-looking-for-employer/131151)._