NUTS!!
After High School Plans...
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From: Middleton, ID
Well, I'm 23. I spent the first years out of HS getting an Associates (I took three years for mine, split it up to where I was considered full time and still worked 40hrs a week) now I'm going to a tech school in West Sacramento and I'll be done the end of March...
Plan to open my own shop on the side while working someplace else...
Plan to open my own shop on the side while working someplace else...
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From: Howell
not to mention i've got a degree in auto collision repair. i went to school for 18 months and got certified. only to find out it's not what i want to do. but it sure makes fixing my truck up easier.
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From: Middleton, ID
Ha, that's what I'm doing here in Sacramento. Will be doing more along the lines of classics and chassis building...
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From: Howell
we did a couple cool things. a 97 power stroke. rebuilt from the frame up, and used burnt orange ryno lining to paint the whole body. and a 67 mustang with a BOSS 302. but it was the unibody crap i couldn't deal with. if i was working with sheet metal and frame over vehicles i'd be all for it.. but unfortunately, a shop like that is hard to come by..
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im going into diesel tech. i start school next year. i love wrenching and i love diesels, and i love big trucks. diesel tech pays alot better than auto techs do. and i totally agree on the
The best advice I've EVER heard about life and work:
"If you do what you love for a living, you'll never work a day in your life."
completely true. i have had jobs that werent what i loved to do and i dreaded going to work. it paid and i did the job but didnt enjoy it i worked, not played. i worked at a shop and i loved every minute of it. i was early every day and stayed late. came in when i didnt have to. it was awesome and i found what i love to do. just my 2 cents
The best advice I've EVER heard about life and work:
"If you do what you love for a living, you'll never work a day in your life."
completely true. i have had jobs that werent what i loved to do and i dreaded going to work. it paid and i did the job but didnt enjoy it i worked, not played. i worked at a shop and i loved every minute of it. i was early every day and stayed late. came in when i didnt have to. it was awesome and i found what i love to do. just my 2 cents
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From: Central Coast CA
i will be going to Cal ploy in San Luis Obispo, California after high school. i aim for a masters degree in mechanical engineering and a bachelors in agriculture.
but i love diesels and i am thinking about going to tech school also.
im never to sure though, plans always have potential to change and i am only a junior in high school.
but i love diesels and i am thinking about going to tech school also.
im never to sure though, plans always have potential to change and i am only a junior in high school.
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From: Middleton, ID
My cousin is attending that school at the moment...
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From: Coon Valley, WI
im up in WI, going to lacrosse. a friend and i are planning on opening our own shop for tractors and big rigs in 10 or so years, but thats the direction im heading
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i completely hear ya there, i dont even like being indoors so much. eat sleep and thats all that needs to be done inside, well a garage is pretty handy.
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From: Sheridan/W Laffayette, IN
Hell yeah man I got the same deal. I can't imagine anything else but the country life. It defines who I am and keeps me straight and better than all them city *******s (no offense to none). I am also gettin ready to graduate this year and heading off to college. I am sure of where I am going too! Rose-Hulman. I take it as a great opportunity since they only take 500 freshmen each year. It'll really suck since I won't be able to raise my horse or sheep or nothing. It will all come back. I myself am planning to become a biochemist and have a farm of my own in the works (as well as a few Fords and a pretty girl by my side 
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