THIS is exactly why mechanics are getting DUMBER every year

Automotive Technican training is everyday and never ends
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[@fordman7775]

My biggest takeaway from this is……Don’t be a Technician in Californiastan

[@xephael3485]

Or live there

[@ROCKOLA79]

@@xephael3485 yep!

[@Jer-h6c]

I hear you man, 2 of my old friends also left the field just a few years after getting their license. Respect to you for keeping the profession alive💯 thanks for the podcasts, they are a wealth of info💚

[@Ultrajamz]

From a consumer POV who isn’t local to your shop… how would you recommend we find worthwhile shops/mechanics? I’ve had OK experience with local ford dealer mechanics but I worry as my car gets older and past 100k miles that dealership techs may not be the best route.

[@CMAutohaus]

Join a local group based on your vehicle (ie "San Fransisco F150 owners group" In person is better). Usually easier for enthusiast cars. Your local community will weed out bad shops fast.

[@Ultrajamz]

@@CMAutohaus great idea thanks!

[@macy-gu6vl]

Same with AT&T I was always attending morning training sessions and company schools.

[@MelonHead894]

Most the guys I work with have a college degree, customers just laugh at the idea of it smh

[@keithk1454]

There are no Ase master or L1 dummies! It should be required to work on all aspects of a car in the USA. PERIOD!

[@bigmac-k5t]

If the job paid 100-125k a year it would be worth it, but its not and its a dead end industry!

[@deydeygames3148]

Will being a technician be a more better job in the future. Im 16 right now. Im also a senior just now (graduated the day this message was posted). By the time I graduate I'll be 17. I will try to attend automotive related classes if my high school provides it because I have no experience. Im also going to a free community college for 1 or 2 years and then get my ASE. By the time I fully graduate I'll be 19 or 20. I want to invest myself in this career but is it really worth it? I have a feeling when these hybrids and EVs get more advanced they'll treat technicians with more respect and will pay us well. But what do you think? Is it worth doing something like this for the future?

[@willharriman1881]

I am now retired after 25 years in Auto and Diesel repair plus 15 years as an auto and diesel tech school instructor. I was ASE Master Certified for both cars and trucks. IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE! For the huge investment in constant study, tools and diagnostic equipment, it's just not worth it! It would have been much easier and more more profitable to become a licensed Electrician or Plumber. Contractors in those fields are raking it in!

[@deydeygames3148]

@@willharriman1881 I have a feeling theres just an overflow of electricians, plumbers, welders, etc in other trades to the point where it will be hard for them to find work in the future.

[@willharriman1881]

@@deydeygames3148 With the vast web of public and private infrastructure of society, it's tough to see the downside for Electrical and Plumbing contractors. However, the bottom fell out in General Arc Welding when new electrodes made it so easy that little skill is needed for anything but high level specialty work! Good luck in whatever you choose! Proceed with caution!

[@deydeygames3148]

@@willharriman1881 I also considered going into the air force and then becoming an aircraft mechanic while serving and then leaving still working on aircraft mechanics making huge money.

[@willharriman1881]

@@deydeygames3148 During my career, I've met a lot of aircraft mechanics who were laid off from good paying jobs. Good luck!