I like the work. I make good money and the biggest reason I stayed in the job is I can usually take however much time off I want and they don’t care because I’m basically just losing my flat rate. This is basically the only job where I make 6 figures and be as lazy as I like.
I’m 46 and have been doing the job since I was 17. I am not really sore, don’t have a bad back and am actually in pretty good shape because I made sure not to hurt myself. I always wore ear protection, safety glasses, never picked anything up that was too heavy, watched where my hand would go if they wrench were to slip, etc.
The only advice I have is to get into high line. It pays so much better than low line. High line techs in the LA area won’t get out of bed for less than 150k/yr and that’s only just going to get them interested.
I like the work. I make good money and the biggest reason I stayed in the job is I can usually take however much time off I want and they don’t care because I’m basically just losing my flat rate. This is basically the only job where I make 6 figures and be as lazy as I like. I’m 46 and have been doing the job since I was 17. I am not really sore, don’t have a bad back and am actually in pretty good shape because I made sure not to hurt myself. I always wore ear protection, safety glasses, never picked anything up that was too heavy, watched where my hand would go if they wrench were to slip, etc.
The only advice I have is to get into high line. It pays so much better than low line. High line techs in the LA area won’t get out of bed for less than 150k/yr and that’s only just going to get them interested.
What are high line and low line? Sorry, i’m from the UK and never heard those terms before.
High line would be Ferrari, Porsche, stuff like that.