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[QUOTE="Cabot, post: 1354505, member: 79941"] I started out at one of those broom pushing minimum wage jobs at the local honda dealer. Quickly moved up to oil changes, tire changes, etc. I've been there for about a year and a half now, and I'm making more then minimum wage, graduated high school, and am working full time there. I am now a 'service tech' and my boss (service manager) gives me most of the easier to medium level stuff (mopeds, oil, tires, etc), but I've also shown him I can handle bigger projects (fork seals on goldwings, four wheeler electric shift problems, top end jobs on bikes). I have never been to a motorcycle school. Never even took an engine class in high school. (because I was homeschooled for the most part) Last summer I put out more work with much fewer comebacks then another guy they hired about a year before me, who had just graduated from MMI, even though I was only working 32 hour weeks. I'm not dissing the school at all, but my boss told me that the kind of education I am getting now, in his opinion, is alot better then a school. The only downside to this, is I do not have a piece of paper showing I passed a class, which some people look down upon, I geuss. The other techs there have been great, always helping me when I need it, giving me tips, lending me tools that I don't have, etc. I have learned ALOT. For me, this is a perfect job, [I]right now[/I]. I would never want to do this for the rest of my life, though. When I work on motorcycles all day and come home, it is alot less enjoyable to me to work on my own bike. I used to enjoy it, but now it is almost just a chore. The small paychecks, and the difficulty of going anywhere besides an average-joe mechanic turns me off of it. Also, I like the work now, but when I'm 40, 50, 60 I do not think I would still like to be wrenching. This September I am going to Michigan Tech to major in Chemical Engineering, although I have never taken an AP chemistry course, or any calculous. I am naturally good at math though, and I don't mind doing it. I was undecided between chemical and mechanical, but the first year classes are the same so I can easily switch before my second year. The place I work at now said they would be more then happy to hire me again next summer, so I will see what happens. [/QUOTE]
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