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Posted by Curt (Member # 6254) on
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Im thinking of making it my major, but I hear y'all don't get paid much.
How much do you make and how do you like your jobs?
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on
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well i seem to be making more than most my friends my age right now (23) but i don't want to do it my whole life. i'll have my a.s. in auto tech at the end of next semester, i just need to finish some general ed classes. i also will have my smog lic's in feb. full ase master and kia master but i just moved over to a nissan dealer.
right now i only make $17/hr because i really needed to get away from kia so i took a slight pay cut. when i get my smog lic's i'll be making $20/hr or more.
as for liking my job, its ok, i don't want to do it forever thats for sure. i'm going to be able to have a job and support myself to get through more school and get an engineering degree. plus i'll allways be able to fall back on being a mechanic.
Posted by At1Maverick69 (Member # 6177) on
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well I love my job, but I've been doing it for only 3 years, i have my smog license(though I'm not practicing it) and 5 more ASEs certs. I get paid in the mid 20s/ per hour right now(though a good part of that goes towards tool, LOL). I think I just got lucky to where and who I work for.
I am very competent, but I do know some classmate of mine from Sequoia Institute that gets paid way lower than i am, and they were better than me while at school. I think your salary just goes as high as how much of yourself you put into your job, and your boss has to know that you love what you do. I think if I don't try to start my own shop, I'll be wrenching till I can no longer do it. I love it
And plus just look at how much you can save in parts and labor if you work at a shop..
Posted by eljefe (Member # 1753) on
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the bay area also pays much better than here in sac. every tech i know in the bay makes alot more, even with the same exp and certs. but its costs that much more to live in the bay also.
Posted by At1Maverick69 (Member # 6177) on
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Originally posted by eljefe:
the bay area also pays much better than here in sac. every tech i know in the bay makes alot more, even with the same exp and certs. but its costs that much more to live in the bay also.
you are soo damn right, so expensive to live here
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