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SVTPerformance's Chain of Restaurants
Road Side Pub
Graduated from Universal Technical Institute (UTI). Here's my take.
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<blockquote data-quote="STXDriver98544" data-source="post: 14201828" data-attributes="member: 140519"><p>Excellent write-up. I graduated in 06', completed the EXACT same thing you did and entered with the same novice level knowledge you did. I went to the Houston campus, graduated with almost perfect attendance, so no, I didn't "screw around" like a lot of the students do, partying and never showing to class. I don't know how the Orlando campus was, but a lot of the students who stayed in the surrounding provided apartments that were from out of town really didn't seem to try hard at all. I was fresh out of highschool at that time so I was still with my parents so I had good food and good sleep everynight. I stayed with Ford for 5 years, until I had a accident in which I burned myself pretty badly so I decided to hang it up because I couldn't get oil on my skin for over a year because of healing. They always say don't make your hobby your job, and I did just that. Entering the real world after UTI was a hard place to be, in those 5 years I never moved up from basic "lube tech" stuff. It's very difficult, you either have to enter as an apprentice under another tech who is willing to take you under their wing, which is virtually impossible because who wants to sacrifice commission hours to train someone? Or you have to come into the business with a lot of hands on knowledge and experience for the company you work for. I made decent money doing the "gravy grabber" work but I was always jealous of the diesel, front end, and line techs that just rolled in the money (aside from warranty work haha) Doing a customer-pay 6.0/6.4 head gasket/egr job will definitely put a smile on your face!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="STXDriver98544, post: 14201828, member: 140519"] Excellent write-up. I graduated in 06', completed the EXACT same thing you did and entered with the same novice level knowledge you did. I went to the Houston campus, graduated with almost perfect attendance, so no, I didn't "screw around" like a lot of the students do, partying and never showing to class. I don't know how the Orlando campus was, but a lot of the students who stayed in the surrounding provided apartments that were from out of town really didn't seem to try hard at all. I was fresh out of highschool at that time so I was still with my parents so I had good food and good sleep everynight. I stayed with Ford for 5 years, until I had a accident in which I burned myself pretty badly so I decided to hang it up because I couldn't get oil on my skin for over a year because of healing. They always say don't make your hobby your job, and I did just that. Entering the real world after UTI was a hard place to be, in those 5 years I never moved up from basic "lube tech" stuff. It's very difficult, you either have to enter as an apprentice under another tech who is willing to take you under their wing, which is virtually impossible because who wants to sacrifice commission hours to train someone? Or you have to come into the business with a lot of hands on knowledge and experience for the company you work for. I made decent money doing the "gravy grabber" work but I was always jealous of the diesel, front end, and line techs that just rolled in the money (aside from warranty work haha) Doing a customer-pay 6.0/6.4 head gasket/egr job will definitely put a smile on your face! [/QUOTE]
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