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Originally Posted by DSMStyle
Education is all in how you apply yourself no matter where you go. When I was 18 and fresh out of high school I wasted a shit load of my parents money in a few semesters of school in Chicago with bad grades. Now I finally have my shit straight and I have worked my cumlative GPA up to a 3.3 from a 1.2 (that's right, a 1.2 bitches) with an almost pefrect GPA of 4.0 since I have been back in school.
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That's awesome. I'm planning on getting back into college at some point. Because my work dictates my location, I'll have to work something out through online classes. At this point in my career I need to start looking towards a business degree.
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Originally Posted by DSMStyle
I've set my goals to have a 2 degrees and then go for my maters.
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I'd be happy with any sort of degree. Even a tater or 'mater.
I was a technician for a while, then I was an owner/operator of a performance shop. Working long hours, spinning wrenchs, being dirty all the time and dealing with fucking stupid customers sucks ass. An honest person can't sell parts and if you can't sell parts you will starve. I did live the drag racer's dream though. I had the opportunity to race at tracks all over the place and beat the hell out of other people's cars...and get paid for it! I honestly don't know how any of my friends can still be technicians after doing it for 15+ years. I have three friends that work at Ford dealerships as diesel techs. If you learn the angles you can make 80-100k a year, keep in mind wages are way lower here in The South. After I realized I could make MORE money and do LESS work, I ditched the car thing and got my butt into construction and worked my way into supervision. In the end it boils down to being happy and sitting on my butt telling people what to and making large amounts of money makes me happy.
