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<blockquote data-quote="svtfocus2cobra" data-source="post: 16065179" data-attributes="member: 21786"><p>I'll give you my experience working in the field, which is pretty much like [USER=146355]@Zemedici[/USER] stated but both my former bosses took different routes that were very beneficial for them and they both have/had their hands in the performance world.</p><p></p><p>The main boss started out at Ford dealer doing oil changes and then went to South Tacoma Honda to do the same but then they offered him a chance to go to their tech program which he did and he was a Master Tech by the time he was 22 or 23 I think, he was really young. Anyways, that program and schooling gave him the opportunity to apply for other motorsports and racing programs within Honda but obviously those are very competitive.</p><p></p><p>The other boss is from Japan and has never been through any formal school to certify him as a tech in any one specific field, but from my understanding he has done individual testing and got ASE certified in a number of different aspects of the automotive world, so essentially no matter what he has a job as someone needs him. He can go to pretty much anywhere and they will hire him on, like for instance he can work on and service natural gas vehicles. So that means he can go to various companies that have them in their fleets and they will pay him big money to service them although it's usually not a permanent position for him, he works like a contractor essentially. Aside from that he is D1 driver Daigo Saito's team manager. Doesn't seem like much but he is very much tied up in the motorsports world and mingles with all of the pro drivers and gets into all the parties. He also has direct ties to HKS and just about every major tuner brand from Japan and many from the US like Roush and Brian Crower. If I had to say, he has the automotive career we all would love to have with an incredible resume.</p><p></p><p>I know not exactly the info you are looking for but from what I have seen there is a lot of formal and informal ways of accomplishing those goals. It basically boils down to knowledge and skill and not so much who you know or who's ass you kiss because you wont last long if you dont know your shit in the auto world. People love to tear you down and pick you apart if they dont believe you should be there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svtfocus2cobra, post: 16065179, member: 21786"] I'll give you my experience working in the field, which is pretty much like [USER=146355]@Zemedici[/USER] stated but both my former bosses took different routes that were very beneficial for them and they both have/had their hands in the performance world. The main boss started out at Ford dealer doing oil changes and then went to South Tacoma Honda to do the same but then they offered him a chance to go to their tech program which he did and he was a Master Tech by the time he was 22 or 23 I think, he was really young. Anyways, that program and schooling gave him the opportunity to apply for other motorsports and racing programs within Honda but obviously those are very competitive. The other boss is from Japan and has never been through any formal school to certify him as a tech in any one specific field, but from my understanding he has done individual testing and got ASE certified in a number of different aspects of the automotive world, so essentially no matter what he has a job as someone needs him. He can go to pretty much anywhere and they will hire him on, like for instance he can work on and service natural gas vehicles. So that means he can go to various companies that have them in their fleets and they will pay him big money to service them although it's usually not a permanent position for him, he works like a contractor essentially. Aside from that he is D1 driver Daigo Saito's team manager. Doesn't seem like much but he is very much tied up in the motorsports world and mingles with all of the pro drivers and gets into all the parties. He also has direct ties to HKS and just about every major tuner brand from Japan and many from the US like Roush and Brian Crower. If I had to say, he has the automotive career we all would love to have with an incredible resume. I know not exactly the info you are looking for but from what I have seen there is a lot of formal and informal ways of accomplishing those goals. It basically boils down to knowledge and skill and not so much who you know or who's ass you kiss because you wont last long if you dont know your shit in the auto world. People love to tear you down and pick you apart if they dont believe you should be there. [/QUOTE]
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