# The I'm still in college because I don't want to get a real job yet thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 28, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205 "2011-08-28T17:59:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 62
**Author:** ![Eatonualive](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eatonualive/32/6442_2.png) [@Eatonualive](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eatonualive)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205/62 "2011-08-30T19:50:13Z")
> [@Any one good with excel?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/any-one-good-with-excel/45014/6): > > Then you got paid bank to come and hang out at hvcc. lol. but when i got hired that was the only degree i had, along with my mechanical background. they liked me i guess. knowing how to nal an interview and dress correctly helped aswell. but after i was here for about 6 months, i took the exam to get into the Machinist Apprentice program. It was the quickest way to the top, so i took it and did very well. i once again had to go through another interview process, and the accepted me. they lower your pay to the lowest floor worker rate and send you to hvcc for another 2 yr degree. go to school for 4 days a week and train at work for one day. you have to maintain a b average nd graduate. and you also have to get signed off on a slew of machines at work, then they bring the rate back up to what the entry rate would be for a machinist, then you start your progression to the top rate (one rate every 6 months) while they watch your progress and quality of work. they didnt hire me to be a machinist dude. it was a long process. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-im-still-in-college-because-i-dont-want-to-get-a-real-job-yet-thread/260205)._