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Here we go.
I went to School for GM as a Tech. I have all of my ASE certifications plus my advanced level certifications. I think I know what I am doing. My superiors always respected my knowledge and credentials but when it came to pay it didn’t really mean shit.
Plain and simple. If you can fix a car and fix it fast you will make $$$ Don’t expect to make more than $20 an hour around Buffalo EVER. Even after you have been in it for 10 years.
If you went down south they would start you at 16-18 an hour. My friend Darren is making 32 an hour as an A tech in a dealer in Atlanta. Great for him but sucks to be here. That’s why he moved.
Working on cars tears you up fo sho. I don’t know any other job where the following things are applied.
- You are expected to learn and be an expert in all cars at all times.
- Your job is 100% physical
- For those who perform Diagnostics and are good at it, your job is 100% mental and 100% physical…this was me.
- You have to pay for your own tools in order to work, expect no less than a $30,000 dollar investment to be able to cover most shit that comes your way and efficiently…efficiency is the key to making money.
- Cars change every year and sometimes half a year. The human body hasn’t changed in oh I don’t know 10,000 years. Food for thought
Cars are a hobby. Go to school make the big bucks, play with cars and enjoy life. Work on them for a living and it takes the fun out of it sometimes. Unless you are a diehard.
It’s nice to be able to afford to build a nice car and not just work on them…take it from me.:nite: :meh:
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very, very well put. after my second year of school, and one summer of working, im beginning to think that working on oem cars is not what i wanna do 