# Seeking Some Helpful Advice **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 21, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260 "2009-12-21T19:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/21 "2009-12-21T20:49:40Z")
> [@google map FTW](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-map-ftw/27574/4): > > well i don’t know what to tell you, because thats how much i made. EVEN after subtracting money for fuel, it was still over 15 an hour. i did it for 2 years and i got sick of it. believe what you want, but like i said i did it and know the money thats involved in it. The wording of the post suggests I don’t believe you. I just think delivering pizza shouldn’t get a person $15-$20. Like I said, if you can get it. Go for it. > [@FS: 2 Degu w/Cage and Acc.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2-degu-w-cage-and-acc/27205/18): > > Thats cake for delivery guys… > > Kid I know gets that pretty much daily and maybe more during the weekends I forget if i made a thread but there was a pizza delivery guy here dropping off an order with a new 335. :lol > [@AlpineSkiier"](#): > > 20 bucks an hour or not, delivering pizzas isn’t the most prestigious job in the world. True. ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/22 "2009-12-21T20:50:44Z")
> [@AlpineSkiier"](#): > > 20 bucks an hour or not, delivering pizzas isn’t the most prestigious job in the world. beats dishwashing, hard labor, changing old farts’ dipers, working at walmart, kmart and all the other jobs avliable for teenie boppers. ---
**Author:** ![crazybrew609](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/crazybrew609/32/6319_2.png) [@crazybrew609](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/crazybrew609)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/23 "2009-12-21T21:42:23Z")
FYI if you find a entry job at a dealership or quick lube they are going to pay less then 8.75 and you are going to do a lot of detail work floor sweeping oil change tire rotations parts runs and customer pick ups if you don’t need to leave your job then don’t do it now… ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER! the worst time of year for every dealership is between November and February and if anything they are cutting back, not adding on ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/24 "2009-12-21T21:45:41Z")
> [@google map FTW](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-map-ftw/27574/5): > > beats dishwashing, hard labor, changing old farts’ dipers, working at walmart, kmart and all the other jobs avliable for teenie boppers. There’s much better job opportunities out there. The problem is that a majority of teenie boppers simply don’t know how to apply themselves in such fields. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/25 "2009-12-21T21:53:23Z")
If you’re dead set on working in the auto industry, I’d get into a dealership. A lot of ‘real businesses’ and not some Jiffy Lube place hire within. If you can somehow get your foot in the door, show your stuff, you’ll be alright. I was an IT intern for 2 years at my current company, and they ended up keeping me on full time. Just have to work hard and apply yourself. ---
**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/26 "2009-12-22T05:22:11Z")
I did the HVCC Auto Program 7 years ago and then did additional schooling at UTI in Exton, PA. From there, I got into sales because it is very difficult in the auto industry to make a decent income. I know cars might be your thing now because your young, but do you honestly want to be under the hood of a car turning wrenches when your 40? ---
**Author:** ![20wrx09](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/20wrx09/32/6532_2.png) [@20wrx09](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/20wrx09)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/27 "2009-12-22T06:14:24Z")
i was just trying to see if there was anything that i could start looking for now so that come spring time or something i have a couple places lined up. i asked on another local site and somebody recommended valet parking as something that deals with cars and makes some good money. thanks for the help so far ---
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/28 "2009-12-22T06:18:41Z")
> [@google map FTW](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/google-map-ftw/27574/4): > > well i don’t know what to tell you, because thats how much i made. EVEN after subtracting money for fuel, it was still over 15 an hour. i did it for 2 years and i got sick of it. believe what you want, but like i said i did it and know the money thats involved in it. I waited at Red Lobster for almost 2 years when I was in college. The per hour rate avg’d about $25-$30/hour including the $4.75/hour they have to pay you. Of that I only claimed 10% on my taxes. It was a great job but one of those jobs you don’t have any pride in. We had an average of three tables at one time, with each table tipping between $7-$10. SOME nights I would get a large party and walk away with $300 plus. Cash. For money in your pocket, same day, waiting is a good job. Just be ready to put up with some of the craziest shit you have ever seen in your life. Oh, and being a waiter gets you laid btw. Believe it or not. I made it through 3 of the girls that I worked with before I quit. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/29 "2009-12-22T06:22:09Z")
yeah valet parking is a cash crop. You can make $300-400 a night a good events. Rich people throw dough to show off and have their car taken care of. But be prepared to have no social life cause you will be working all the fun holidays and weekend nights ---
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/30 "2009-12-22T06:30:59Z")
Other suggestions- If you’re really into racing / cars in general, you can volunteer to be pit crew for a small team… Granted you won’t be rebuilding engines or anything, but small race teams always need help and it’s good to pad your resume when you finish your course. Sometimes there are local rallies and stuff where all types of volunteers are needed. Definitely something to look into while you have flexibility to try new things. The drawbacks are that you’ll be paid little, if anything, and the hours and travel will probably be quite a lot. But it could really help you if you want to become like a race mechanic or something in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast1/32/6546_2.png) [@Auto0utcast1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast1)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/31 "2009-12-22T06:43:01Z")
> [@~\*Official Buffalo Bandits 2007 Season Thread\*~](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-bandits-2007-season-thread/22962/79): > > Other suggestions- > > If you’re really into racing / cars in general, you can volunteer to be pit crew for a small team… > > Granted you won’t be rebuilding engines or anything, but small race teams always need help and it’s good to pad your resume when you finish your course. Sometimes there are local rallies and stuff where all types of volunteers are needed. Definitely something to look into while you have flexibility to try new things. > > The drawbacks are that you’ll be paid little, if anything, and the hours and travel will probably be quite a lot. But it could really help you if you want to become like a race mechanic or something in the future. very good advice here. also, once you are out of school, look at skip barber… they can get you started in the racing field and go from there… ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/32 "2009-12-22T08:31:57Z")
> [@Ebay of the day: a nappy headed hoe!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-of-the-day-a-nappy-headed-hoe/27578/9): > > yeah valet parking is a cash crop. You can make $300-400 a night a good events. Rich people throw dough to show off and have their car taken care of. But be prepared to have no social life cause you will be working all the fun holidays and weekend nights I valet park now and 300-400 is a bit of an exagageration in all honesty. On average a 5-6 hour shift for me is 75-120 a night. I just did a house party event at a multi millionaire house. CJ decresente, one of the largest alcohol/ beverage distributors and I left with 130 for a 7hr shift with pay. ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 8:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/33 "2009-12-22T08:35:56Z")
> [@Ebay of the day: a nappy headed hoe!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ebay-of-the-day-a-nappy-headed-hoe/27578/9): > > yeah valet parking is a cash crop. You can make $300-400 a night a good events. Rich people throw dough to show off and have their car taken care of. But be prepared to have no social life cause you will be working all the fun holidays and weekend nights whats a social life? _tilts head sideways_ ---
**Author:** ![freakLS7](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freakls7/32/6298_2.png) [@freakLS7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/freakLS7)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/34 "2009-12-22T08:57:17Z")
> [@nyspeed help me decide!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-help-me-decide/27573/23): > > whats a social life? _tilts head sideways_ the whole reason i got out of delivering i didnt like working the hrs they needed. i like my mon-fri ,sat 6-? work schedule cuz the nights are still there for watever i want! ---
**Author:** ![EffingGreat](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/effinggreat/32/6575_2.png) [@EffingGreat](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EffingGreat)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/35 "2009-12-22T09:00:20Z")
> [@OFFICIAL Buffalo Sabres Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-buffalo-sabres-thread/25170/4133): > > you want something new, try piza delivery. alsways something new going on. pay is on average 15-17 an hr. I thought he wanted something new in the area he was studying in school… :-\ My friends boyfriend works for Monro or something like that… I can ask him how flexible his schedule is if you want me to. 🙂 Any place that offer’s part time employment should be pretty flexible as far as their scheduling goes so you should be able to continue with school no problem. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/36 "2009-12-24T07:50:15Z")
> [@nyspeed help me decide!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-help-me-decide/27573/21): > > I valet park now and 300-400 is a bit of an exagageration in all honesty. On average a 5-6 hour shift for me is 75-120 a night. > > I just did a house party event at a multi millionaire house. CJ decresente, one of the largest alcohol/ beverage distributors and I left with 130 for a 7hr shift with pay. Are you valet at a hotel or big events. Valet at say canfield cassinoin saratoga during summer for a wedding you walk away with $300 easy. Same deal for Sergios a restaurant in Toga. ---
**Author:** ![1stgen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1stgen/32/6288_2.png) [@1stgen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1stgen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2009, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260/37 "2009-12-24T08:00:10Z")
> [@rare (NYSPEED wise) cars](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rare-nyspeed-wise-cars/27529/141): > > Background: I am a student at HVCC, studying auto mechanics, and working at St. Peter’s Nursing and Rehab Center (aka the villa) serving the residents’ dinner. The hours for working there are great because they dont conflict with my school hours so that is one thing that I like. But there are many things that I am not happy with. 1. Its boring and repetitive: everyday I come in and do the same thing over and over and its really not enjoyable. 2. Most of the people I work with SUCK. There are a few amount of them that actually put forth the effort in doing their job. The rest are a bunch of lazy fucks. One girl that works with me is absolutely crazy. She is always talking about wanting to have sex with everyone and thats just plan nasty/whorish. And she is incredibly rude. I dont know maybe it was how she was raised. 3. The pay is really gay. I make around $8.75 an hour. When I worked in the maintenance dept. for this place over the summer I was making around $10.00 an hour and loved the people I worked with. It was so much more relaxed and enjoyable, even though my job was to maintain the lawn. > /rant > My question: Does anybody have any advice as to where I could look for a job that deals with what I want to do for a profession(working on cars)? I was thinking maybe to look at like a quickie lube place just to get my feet wet and whatnot. But im not sure if it will be easy getting a job that will work around my school schedule. So any advice that is POSITIVE would be greatly appreciated. Please no crap talk/ getting off topic thanks. > -Corey Ahhh to be twenty again. You want to work in the field…whether it be at a dealer or an independent. You will learn nothing by not working hands on from the begining. Fuck skip barber, they pay for shit…you travel all the time and barely get any experience…just ask travis. LOLOL. Not to mention you will learn more by working instead of hoping to be the next best thing in racing. Reality is if you’re not pursuing it right now you are never gonna make it. You like the track? Then go there on your own and meet the people who work/live there. I spend more time at and on the track than any skip barber worker. I went to the valley and graduated with 25 or so people and only 2 still work on cars or even in the automotive field. Do you love cars? Do you love working on them all day and then go home and do the same? If not you will probably not last long in the field…or you will start to hate your work/hobby. Not to sound like I know everything but i’ve been doing this for 15 years now and i’ve learned a few things along the way. It’s tough to balance it as a hobby/lifestyle/career…If you have any questions…feel free to pm’ me. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/seeking-some-helpful-advice/249260.md?page=1)