Thread: Back to School?

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Send a resume with your Wyotech credentials to some of the NASCAR shops out in the Charlotte, NC area. You might not start out as a crew chief, but if you're persistent enough you could probably land a job there. Once in, your education and abilities will advance you. If you want to be a good hot rod builder, go build race cars for a few years!!!! While you are in school, don't forget to pick up a few management and business courses. There's a whole lot more to running a shop then turning wrenches. Today's technology DEMANDS professional schooling. I learned what I know starting at the age of 14 working in gas stations, sweeping the floor in a race shop and slowly moving up. That worked then, but it doesn't work as well now!!! The technology on today's race cars and Hot Rods is best learned in school. A sound grasp of the fundamentals is the most important thing you could get out of school.

BTW, the son of a good friend graduated WyoTech in 2004, is now with Yates racing working in the fab shop.... Not bad for a farm kid from South Dakota, huh? And yes, he started out running parts and sweeping floors, but he's smart, polite, and works hard......

Oh yeah, one more thing that my Dad taught me that pertains to school or most anything else you do.... It's a lot easier to learn if you don't think you allready know it all.....