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I’ve heard conflicting reports of College Pro. Did the money turn out as good as you hoped?[/quote]
Nope, but that was my fault, not College Pro. I actually put myself in debt doing it, but that was because of me, and not the company. My experience was not typical of most rookie franchisees, and even though I lost money, I learned a ton, and am coming back to do it again this year, with the hopes of making what I had planned on doing last year.
Where’s your Grandpa live? Because CP has a 96% quality rating, although we often get confused with Student Works, which sucks balls. I may have sucked it up last year, but I had 100% quality feedback rating, and so did almost every other rookie in Vancouver.
Richmond.
And you’re right, I actually don’t know exactly who it was (one of those hire-a-student projects), but apparently all they did was dogfuck and smoke pot all day.
Eso, you’re like a friend of mine; he was planning on becoming something to do with computers, but then got a truck, started working on it, and now he’s a mechanic in the fastlane at Ford.
He’s got a 91 Ranger with a 6" suspension lift, 3" body lift, soon to have 35s, swapped-in 4.0L V6, air compressor in the back, locking rear diff, shift kit, and like 20 more things I don’t really know. He’s also got 2 10" Pioneer SPL subs that make my intestines shake and leave me coughing. The air coming out of the ports on those things blew my hair.
I’m also still kicking around, I really should make a concious effort to post but life is pretty hectic right now with work and all. I haven’t been back to Rupert in over a year but I’m hoping to get back sometime in the spring if I can take time off.
Ive seen that truck, could use more than a 4.0L to move it though, especially after the 35’s come. He should swap in a 302 from a crashed mustang.
When I was in high school, actually, despite my hard-earned ubergeek status, I knew that I definitely did not want to go into IT as a professional. I have no qualms working with computers (just about unavoidable in any field now), but I didn’t, and don’t, want to be a “computer guy” for a living.
I was, and am, mostly interested in math and hard science. There’s not much that I find more interesting than shit interacting with other shit, be it numbers, particles, longhorn sheep…
Anyhow, it’s funny that I’ve almost gone full circle, though, because I think that my career as a mechanic is very similar to what most sysadmins do, at least, logically if not physically. Maintain, upgrade, repair. Systematic diagnosis/troubleshooting. Component replacement.
Actually, 3 close parallels between automotive service and computer service:
Even though someone broke their shit through their own carelessness, it’s always somehow your fault.
Once you’ve worked on someone’s property once, any malfunctions down the road will somehow be your fault.
Friends, coworkers, casual acquaintances will expect you to apply your trade skills for them without compensation.
[quote=“Eso”]
Anyhow, it’s funny that I’ve almost gone full circle, though, because I think that my career as a mechanic is very similar to what most sysadmins do, at least, logically if not physically. Maintain, upgrade, repair. Systematic diagnosis/troubleshooting. Component replacement.
Actually, 3 close parallels between automotive service and computer service:
Even though someone broke their shit through their own carelessness, it’s always somehow your fault.
Once you’ve worked on someone’s property once, any malfunctions down the road will somehow be your fault.
Friends, coworkers, casual acquaintances will expect you to apply your trade skills for them without compensation.[/quote]
Yeah bust sysadmins don’t wear cool coveralls like these:
http://www.teamgrizzly.ca/photos/259_09-suzanne-mechanic-b.jpg
Two words: pocket protector.