I'm working on my ME degree to eventually do something in the automotive field...I think you should stick with the tech school. :hsugh:

 

imma make you install my suspension

 

Out of high school, i wanted to go to college for Mechanical Engineering, just so i can do something in the automotive field.

Well after my first year of that, I was never focused, and got reaaally distracted, and pretty much got kicked out of school.

skip a few years ahead and I'm at a community college with a great automotive program.

I do that for a 2.5 years top student 4.0 gpa yada yada yada

and guess what, after all that schooling, i cant stand working on cars, especially my own.

I'm a shitty example, but my current work is a big reason why I didnt pursue employment in the auto industry. to make waht i make now (i work in the post production tv/movie industry) as an auto tech, i would have dumped thousands of dollars in tools, worked 1-2 years at the bottom, work my way up, to something better, then make ookay money. 5 years down the line in my current work will leave me waaay ahead if i took that auto tech path. it sucks but thats life.

i get to do more computer, tape machine, and digital encoding work where I work now, so its all relatively stress free and physically easy. plus i enjoy it. i couldnt picture myself enjoying working in a hot tech bay in the summer under hot cars etc etc

 

buuuut if u really enjoy cars, like u enjoy sex, then go for it...

in my first auto class the professor made us introduce ourselves and one of the aspects we had to mention was our hobbies, BUT anything car related couldnt be a hobby he said. "if you're gonna work in this field, u better have other hobbies or else you'll be burned out within the first 5 years of working"

i was all noob and was like "yeaaah right" but damn it didnt even take me before i graduated to realize "whoa i got burned out faaaaast"

oh yeah i paaaaid for all my schooling too, so i couldnt afford UTi's tuition.

if u have someone else doing it for you...then thats awesome and lucky you

 

installing suspension shit is still fun to me though, since its relatively straight forward. and the results are always felt immediately.

so the modification to satisfaction factor is super high, with little margin of failure.

the worst modification to satisfaction factor is maintenance, like timing belts. thats what i got burned out on.

throwing on a turbo yields high satisfaction, but has high margin of failure

bla bla bla its early in the morning

 

Damn I gotta find more hobbies then...the only thing I talk about with friends if future projects and work on cars...don't really do shit else...perhaps the diesel feild wouldn't be a bad gig? My grandfather is a diesel mechanic and has been for about 40 years now...he has owned many shops and made SOO much money doing it...

 

just because others burn out doesnt mean you will...but just like any other field, you're gonna have your good days and bad days. gotta have something to do on those bad days.