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What would you guys do?, Working Professionally On Cars |
Eric Taylor |
Mar 29 2006, 01:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 909 Joined: 1-June 03 From: Newport, OR/Eugene Oregon- UO Member No.: 770 |
I’ve been thinking about this post for a while and Britt’s thread about IT got me going again.
Right now I’m at a point in my life where I feel like I’ve got to make a few decisions. I’m about half way through school and finding myself really unsure of what I want to do. I’m currently a journalism major and am finding that I am not as interested in doing what I thought I wanted to do. The jobs I had always dreamed of in TV are starting to disappear and the ones I’m left with are not ones that interest me. So I got thinking about what really does get me going. The part of my life that interests me the most is cars. In working with my little 914 I’ve learned a lot. It really keeps me on my toes, and while I defiantly don’t know everything I have a passion to learn and that’s a lot of why I like it. Right now I’m getting a great experience with a board member in building a 3.0 SC motor. While it’s mostly me watching and holding things, I really love the detail and the intricacy of everything and figuring out how it all works I really enjoy the puzzle of it and piecing it all together. So I turn to my favorite group of car people for advice. What would your guys’ advice be for turning this passion into a profession? I know it would be really hard to walk into a Porsche shop and ask for a job with no actual on the job experience or training. How would you guys go about getting into this world if you were in my situation? Eric |
alpha434 |
Mar 30 2006, 04:41 AM
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My member number is no coincidence. Group: Members Posts: 3,154 Joined: 16-December 05 From: Denver, CO Member No.: 5,280 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I agree with MattR and Bondo.
I was in the same position when I was 15 and wanted to play. Al Lager was *only* interested in me because I was studying to be a machinist and intended to follow up with an engineering degree. And even now, after I've been tested tried and true, I think he would still consider dropping me if I were to deviate from my planned course and so I'm in junior college now trying to knock out all my core classes. I'll be sticking around until I've got my bachelors and I spend all my free time picking up extra certs to make me more valuable. I just completed a suspension dynamics course and got certed in Penske-style shocks, the Rhoehrig dynamometer, and Suspension Analyzer V1.1. This to add to a butt-load of other certs that I've obtained just on the off chance that they look good to someone. (I've never not been hired on the spot for a machining position.) It's a ton of hard work. And I, like many here, have dedicated endless hours to it. And I still may never get past the local levels of racing, as sad as that may be. Oppurtunities don't always spring up at you. You have to make them for yourself. And that takes more time and effort than you could imagine. And on the same note, nobody should be allowed to bitch from now on when I get free or reduced-price used parts. I bust my ass for 'em. But that's OT. Good luck, man. I'd defiantely help you if I could. Us young guns have got to stick together. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer.gif) |
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