OT: Can Anyone Help!
Drifting
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From: Edinburgh
They reckon that most people change there careers three times in their working lives. Do not be put off by sexist or ageist remarks, its your skills that count and will win people over in the end. Just keep your head down, stay focused, look for opportunities and whilst your young (no responsibilities) be prepared to take a risk! Nothing ventured etc. Or as the song says, I hope you dance!
Go for it Jules!!
Go for it Jules!!
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From: Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get me...
St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by Motor City Vette
Start your own paint and body shop for classic cars!
On a serious note, pick a career in an area where there will always be a demand regardless the economy. Doctor, lawyer, nurses, nurse assistants, radiology techs, PT, billing, transcriptionist etc. Hard to get those degrees but worth it in the end. Pharmacists and Nurses are HOT right now and it's expected to continue for the next 15 years.
I get 2-3 calls from head hunters every day. If I wanted I could relocate into just about any state in the U.S. next week. Unbelievable sign on bonuses.
Last edited by Jughead; Nov 30, 2004 at 04:26 AM.
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From: CO
The people I work for are still sleeping. Although I am using their network to surf / post on the CorvetteForum.....hmmm.
But my point being that I work for someone, that always sucks.
"in the year 2000"
The auto industry is coming up on a HUGE change. Better be able to work on hybrids and then electric/hydrogen cars within the next 10-15yrs. Classic cars will be outlawed "in the year 2000" *Conan reference.
Your 20...Your not supposed to know what you want to do yet. Im 25, I don't know either. Make money, pay bills, work twords retirement.
But my point being that I work for someone, that always sucks.
"in the year 2000"
The auto industry is coming up on a HUGE change. Better be able to work on hybrids and then electric/hydrogen cars within the next 10-15yrs. Classic cars will be outlawed "in the year 2000" *Conan reference.
Your 20...Your not supposed to know what you want to do yet. Im 25, I don't know either. Make money, pay bills, work twords retirement.
Melting Slicks
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From: Cut n Shoot TX
Originally Posted by JewliaGoulia
Hey Guys,
Ok here's the deal. I HATE MY JOB! Like to the point where I need to find a new one. I did Greduate from high school,
Someone please help.
I am also open to the idea of going back to school!
Ok here's the deal. I HATE MY JOB! Like to the point where I need to find a new one. I did Greduate from high school,
Someone please help.
I am also open to the idea of going back to school!
Le Mans Master
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From: DFW TX
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St. Jude Donor '07
Originally Posted by JewliaGoulia
Hey Hey boys lets calm it down a little. . . a little hostile are we?(Turbo-Jet, VettePower, and bobby454)
I posted here because that is what I wanted to do. I put an OT in the topic area of the thread so you were forwarned about its contents. and fyi this forum was created for people to post, reply, and spend time on it gaining info from others, so why do I get some much flack for being on here?
But seriously guys, thankx for the advice. I think I am out of this (car) business as a job, atleast for now, and am moving more towards doing car stuff on the side and see where that leads me.
Thankx so much for all your help/opinions/stories etc.!
I posted here because that is what I wanted to do. I put an OT in the topic area of the thread so you were forwarned about its contents. and fyi this forum was created for people to post, reply, and spend time on it gaining info from others, so why do I get some much flack for being on here?
But seriously guys, thankx for the advice. I think I am out of this (car) business as a job, atleast for now, and am moving more towards doing car stuff on the side and see where that leads me.
Thankx so much for all your help/opinions/stories etc.!
As far as the time spent on the forum. There also right. Someone might have a lead on the forum, but to just post random thoughts here to make conversation is not the greatest idea. We are grump men that don't like to page through crap to find useful post. One OT every now and then is acceptable. Not everyday.
Good luck on your shearch, I can safely say we have all been there.
Last edited by Budman68; Nov 30, 2004 at 08:41 PM.
Safety Car
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From: Self-Governing
"What Color is Your Parachutte"
Buy it, read it, then choose your career.
It is a book that will help you find your passion. You cannot nor should not expect sombody else to give you advice and suggestions of how to live your life. Like it or not ( unless you win the lottery or marry wealthy) your carreer will be your life. If you hate your job you will never be happy in life.
I am an Industrial/commericial heating and air tech. I choose this carreer because it suits me well.
I am very mechanically inclined, and don't mind getting dirty. I am a tee shirt and jeans guy, can't stand the suit and tie. been there done that. There is always the possibility of owning my own company.
I never have to work in one place for more than a week, I get out of the office meet new people etc.
I work un-supervised 99% of the time. Never punch a time clock.
I get to be the hero, make people warm when they're cold and cold when they're warm, yet sometimes it is challanging.
Plenty of side work for "vette" money. Shhh, don't tell the IRS!
And when I get old and moldy I will teach the trade to others.
I love this field and it took less than 1 year to get basic training,
But.... it is still a job and envolves lots of blood, sweat and labor, sometimes it is a real pain in the ****. It is not for everybody, but it is for me! Get the drift? Find your passion!
Buy it, read it, then choose your career.
It is a book that will help you find your passion. You cannot nor should not expect sombody else to give you advice and suggestions of how to live your life. Like it or not ( unless you win the lottery or marry wealthy) your carreer will be your life. If you hate your job you will never be happy in life.
I am an Industrial/commericial heating and air tech. I choose this carreer because it suits me well.
I am very mechanically inclined, and don't mind getting dirty. I am a tee shirt and jeans guy, can't stand the suit and tie. been there done that. There is always the possibility of owning my own company.
I never have to work in one place for more than a week, I get out of the office meet new people etc.
I work un-supervised 99% of the time. Never punch a time clock.
I get to be the hero, make people warm when they're cold and cold when they're warm, yet sometimes it is challanging.
Plenty of side work for "vette" money. Shhh, don't tell the IRS!
And when I get old and moldy I will teach the trade to others.
I love this field and it took less than 1 year to get basic training,
But.... it is still a job and envolves lots of blood, sweat and labor, sometimes it is a real pain in the ****. It is not for everybody, but it is for me! Get the drift? Find your passion!
Safety Car
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From: Las Vegas NV
Originally Posted by JewliaGoulia
I wish I could, but the two problems I have run into, are 1.) I am only 20 years old, and 2.) guys at shops, even the one I work at now do not like chicks or feel intimidated or ? Even some customers say stuff, like "I don't take auto advise from WOMEN" and also "Women don't do this kind of work, is the manager here!?" That stuff really ticks me off!
Errr. . . stuff has just gotten so frustrating at work!!!!
Ahhhh! Is anyone else this frustrated?
Errr. . . stuff has just gotten so frustrating at work!!!!
Ahhhh! Is anyone else this frustrated?Heck, I'm sure there are plenty of car enthusiasts that would love to have body work done or have their car painted, but can't afford it. I know PLENTY of people like this in my area (including myself!)...this forum is full of people like this. You could offer your services at material-cost only (or for a small profit) just to build your references. This way you can offer the services these people want, but can't afford while building a resume/references.
I say "why not???" Good Luck!!!
Last edited by Motor City Vette; Nov 30, 2004 at 09:43 PM.
Melting Slicks
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From: Madison Alabama
It's called being an entrepreneur. I wish I had read this post earlier....admittedly I didn't read all of the post (this is over two pages long...) but here is my advice.
Someone once told me, build a career around your life, not a life around your career. But hey, life happens and more often than not people respond to needs/wants by doing some job that pays the bills...five, ten, twenty years later you are drifting through life. Life is good but you wonder what could have happened.
For what it's worth, have you thought of the military? I never would've thought to join the Marines when I was 17 or 18. I went to college right after high school like everyone else...one semester later I dropped out and shortly there after I joined the Corps....still hard to believe I stayed 20 years but now I've got a great retirement, monthly check with benefits for me and my family AND I'M ONLY 40! I started a small consulting business after retirement that has been successful.
Here's the kicker, I enrolled in college last week. I'm carrying a full load, 18 hours for the spring semester. My goal is to finally complete a degree that I've managed to string out over 20 years! I'll be finished (God willing) in the summer. What's next? I don't know yet, but I'll do it on my terms and continue to build a career around my life while enjoying my family...and my Vette!
Good luck to you!
Someone once told me, build a career around your life, not a life around your career. But hey, life happens and more often than not people respond to needs/wants by doing some job that pays the bills...five, ten, twenty years later you are drifting through life. Life is good but you wonder what could have happened.
For what it's worth, have you thought of the military? I never would've thought to join the Marines when I was 17 or 18. I went to college right after high school like everyone else...one semester later I dropped out and shortly there after I joined the Corps....still hard to believe I stayed 20 years but now I've got a great retirement, monthly check with benefits for me and my family AND I'M ONLY 40! I started a small consulting business after retirement that has been successful.
Here's the kicker, I enrolled in college last week. I'm carrying a full load, 18 hours for the spring semester. My goal is to finally complete a degree that I've managed to string out over 20 years! I'll be finished (God willing) in the summer. What's next? I don't know yet, but I'll do it on my terms and continue to build a career around my life while enjoying my family...and my Vette!
Good luck to you!
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From: Grants Pass Oregon
Jobs
Originally Posted by mrvette
I tell you a bit of advice, do NOT mix hobby and pleasures with work/earning a living, physical crap like repair gets boring after a while, and industry allways manages to change something along the way after a few years, and keeping up is not what you need to hear after being in something 20 years....
that's what happened to me in the TV repair business in the 60's and 70's, made good money at that, but after 15 years it was OVER, no more money to be made, too much junk and pitch it tronics....changed over to design/engineering/tech aide work, lasted another 5 years.....shut down the industry...
went into home remodeling, tired of that too after 20 years....
I wish I found a boring government job some 49 years ago, and stuck it out in some agency and collected a good retirement check by now....but NO, I followed something I was 'interested' in.....false lead, do NOT do that....follow something that offers a decent career,....you may want to get a job in the school system, fixing busses,cars, repairing/body shop....you young enough, and being female they get a point on the EEO hiring regulations, so you got a foot in the door there allready....just do the same decent/good work, and stick around for 5 years, then when you get burnt out, you switch to something else within the same school system, do NOT LOOSE your accumulated time toward getting tenured....under any circumstances....you maybe can't afford the fancies house in the world , but you can get one close enough and safe enough soon enough to see you through for ten years or so,.....
A friend of mine down the road here in Dania, Florida--north of Miami, joined the local Dade co. schools after getting out of the Navy, started as a buss mechanic, and xferred into library support, so he is now well tenured and lost in the beaurocracy and basically can't be fired....got his house, got his diving life, got his long list of girl friends, and so forth....
GENE
that's what happened to me in the TV repair business in the 60's and 70's, made good money at that, but after 15 years it was OVER, no more money to be made, too much junk and pitch it tronics....changed over to design/engineering/tech aide work, lasted another 5 years.....shut down the industry...
went into home remodeling, tired of that too after 20 years....
I wish I found a boring government job some 49 years ago, and stuck it out in some agency and collected a good retirement check by now....but NO, I followed something I was 'interested' in.....false lead, do NOT do that....follow something that offers a decent career,....you may want to get a job in the school system, fixing busses,cars, repairing/body shop....you young enough, and being female they get a point on the EEO hiring regulations, so you got a foot in the door there allready....just do the same decent/good work, and stick around for 5 years, then when you get burnt out, you switch to something else within the same school system, do NOT LOOSE your accumulated time toward getting tenured....under any circumstances....you maybe can't afford the fancies house in the world , but you can get one close enough and safe enough soon enough to see you through for ten years or so,.....
A friend of mine down the road here in Dania, Florida--north of Miami, joined the local Dade co. schools after getting out of the Navy, started as a buss mechanic, and xferred into library support, so he is now well tenured and lost in the beaurocracy and basically can't be fired....got his house, got his diving life, got his long list of girl friends, and so forth....
GENE
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From: Albuquerque NM
Either work for yourself or work for the Gov. Is there any other kind of job??? Don't mix hobbies with work or your hobbies become work. You are 20 correct?? Have you thought about ATC?? My .02
Tom
Tom
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
education is your key to success....college,tech school... something formal....at some point you will need to be able to manage and you will be judged on what you know as well as what you can do. i would take parttime courses at the local community college until i had at least an Associates Degree...don't worry about not knowing what you want to do when you grow up.. just find something you like that has a built in career ladder that can carry you for many years and teach you a skill ..and keep going to college it will lead you down the right path....it may not be easy but it will be rewarding in the end...
Racer
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From: Chambersburg PA
I agree with most of what these guys are saying but I think a lot of people have the wrong expectation about what education will provide them. Many people think that by going to college they will make more money. That is not true. What an education gives you is Flexability....I have a Master's Degree and I went that far with my education because I never wanted to feel trapped in a job. If you know Exactly what you want then that path is easy....identify what it takes to get that job...plan out how you will get the necessary credential...then begin to work your plan without exception.
There are always going to people that are failing and will resent you for having a plan...goals...and ambition...they will want to drag you down to their pathetic existance. When I went back to school I worked full time, and took 1o credits a quarter...Most week nights I did not get home until midnight. I had a roomate at the time who was a 32 yr old waiter...he constantly complained about being broke and how much he hated work...yet when I came home from class her was playing Super Mario EVERY night. My point is there will always be an excuse for failure...and there is always a way to make it work.
My recommendation is take the words "Can't", "try", "eventually", and "going to" out of your vocabulary and replace them with DO and Done. Listen to Yoda... and Sean Connery
"No...there is no try...There is only do...or Do not" Yoda (jedi Master)
"Losers are always whining about trying their best...Winners Go home and F&*# the prom queen." Sean Connery (The Rock)
In your case you may have been the pom queen so substitute you favorite hot guy.
There are always going to people that are failing and will resent you for having a plan...goals...and ambition...they will want to drag you down to their pathetic existance. When I went back to school I worked full time, and took 1o credits a quarter...Most week nights I did not get home until midnight. I had a roomate at the time who was a 32 yr old waiter...he constantly complained about being broke and how much he hated work...yet when I came home from class her was playing Super Mario EVERY night. My point is there will always be an excuse for failure...and there is always a way to make it work.
My recommendation is take the words "Can't", "try", "eventually", and "going to" out of your vocabulary and replace them with DO and Done. Listen to Yoda... and Sean Connery
"No...there is no try...There is only do...or Do not" Yoda (jedi Master)
"Losers are always whining about trying their best...Winners Go home and F&*# the prom queen." Sean Connery (The Rock)
In your case you may have been the pom queen so substitute you favorite hot guy.
Racer
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From: KS
I worked on my own muscle cars in high school and developed a good reputation locally, enough that others asked me to wrench on theirs. I built many of the cars at my high school.
When it came time to graduate, mom suggested I go to a technical school for certification, but I said,
"It's one thing to work on cars as a hobby, but I don't think I want to do this to support myself."
I can't believe it now, but it was the wisest thing that came out of my then 17 year old mouth.
When it came time to graduate, mom suggested I go to a technical school for certification, but I said,
"It's one thing to work on cars as a hobby, but I don't think I want to do this to support myself."
I can't believe it now, but it was the wisest thing that came out of my then 17 year old mouth.