Posted: 5/17/2012 8:22:22 PM EDT
I am finally a college graduate. It's just an A.A.S. Automotive Collision Technology. But dammit it's still a degree and with honors no less. Now if somebody would just hire me. One of my instructors asked me the other day what I thought was the most important thing I learned. I told him that everybody wants a body man with experience not an education. Just wanted to share....that is all.
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If a car is travelling 100 MPH eastward, and a second car, this one on a train, is travelling 40 MPH westward on the same track, with richard simmons in the drivers seat in both vehicles, how bad will the collision be? Not sure...but it'll probably buff out. |
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Congrats  .i graduated Wyotech about four years ago and never regretted one thing i have a good paying job and work my ass off every dayI certaily don't regret what I've done either. I know the money will come. I've been spreading resumes around for months. I'd go into some fairly high volume collision shops and they'd look at me like I handed them a bill. Probably gonna get a shot in a top notch resto shop part time pretty soon with enough side work of my own to make up the difference. |
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Congrats and best of luck, now take this with a grain of salt. I also have an associates in auto technology that I earned in 1986. I started on the bottom rung just like every other "new" mechanic even with my degree. I had to prove my knowledge and gain experience, I didn't start making decent money until after getting my ASE master certificate.
Don't go into it thinking you are going to make big bucks right off the bat and listen to the guys that have been in the business for a while and learn from them. 
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I am finally a college graduate. It's just an A.A.S. Automotive Collision Technology. But dammit it's still a degree and with honors no less. Now if somebody would just hire me. One of my instructors asked me the other day what I thought was the most important thing I learned. I told him that everybody wants a body man with experience not an education. Just wanted to share....that is all. Dude, be proud. You didn't just learn stuff, you stuck it out and did things for the long haul. Congrats! 
Think about what you've learned in school and how it would convert into "experience". I'll bet you got a lot of experience in getting that degree. |
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Congrats and best of luck, now take this with a grain of salt. I also have an associates in auto technology that I earned in 1986. I started on the bottom rung just like every other "new" mechanic even with my degree. I had to prove my knowledge and gain experience, I didn't start making decent money until after getting my ASE master certificate. Don't go into it thinking you are going to make big bucks right off the bat and listen to the guys that have been in the business for a while and learn from them. Thanks for the advice. I realize in the grand scheme of things I still don't know shit. That will come with time. I plan on taking a couple ASE tests this summer but I can't officially get certified until I have a year of work experience. |
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I am finally a college graduate. It's just an A.A.S. Automotive Collision Technology. But dammit it's still a degree and with honors no less. Now if somebody would just hire me. One of my instructors asked me the other day what I thought was the most important thing I learned. I told him that everybody wants a body man with experience not an education. Just wanted to share....that is all. Dude, be proud. You didn't just learn stuff, you stuck it out and did things for the long haul. Congrats!
Think about what you've learned in school and how it would convert into "experience". I'll bet you got a lot of experience in getting that degree. I am very proud. It's a big deal to me. 34 of us started the program together. There were 3 of us left at graduation. I did learn a lot and can now do things I never dreamed I would be able to do. The rusted out Geo Tracker I have been working on for a guy that now has 1 1/2 sheets of steel in place of all the rust proves that. All fabbed, no replacement panels. It's turned into a black hole of a project that should've never been started but oh well the man writing the checks is happy. So that's all that matters. |