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so some of you may have read that i start college (day release)for an apprenticeship at the end of the month.

but ive got major doubts if this is the career for me.

so tonight ive had a look at courses for engineering, motorsport ect just stuff im actually intrested in.

now my heads thinking i could go along with the work college and then if the opportunity arises leave the lot and do something else.
ive sent of for a couple of leaflets so will look at my options.

the thing i think ill struggle with most is the lack of qualifications for the record ive only got std grades in english and maths (and before anybody says its not because im thick :p)

so really im just rambling and thinking aloud.

whats the apprenticeship in?

id go with the apprenticeship you have tbo, its an industry that isnt guna grow old lol and leave the messing with cars for fun :) from expereince as messing with cars daily has really stunted my enthusiasm fo rmy own :(

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I always thought it would be quite fun playing with false teeth

Plus if you get a motorsport qualification it doesnt mean you will find a job in it

well im just finishing an apprenticeship in light vehicle maintainance and am looking at going to uni to do a motorsport engineering degree . Im also build my own race/trackday car so i wouldnt say its stunted my enthusiasm. IMO if its in your blood then you'll be happy doing it for as long as you do it....job or hobby.

you have loads of time to find a career, i was 33 before i found a job i enjoy, before that i had shit jobs and partied, enjoy your youth, don't grow up to quick and get into a dead end job you will regret

I enjoyed my hobby, so I took a job doing it. 10 years down the line I'm board shitless and have a new hobby...

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We've not met in person Ben, so you wouldn't know that nobody would want my donation

Get a trade under your belt (as they say), do the apprenticeship and if after that you want to do something else, so be it.
It will show any employer in any job that you are competent, hard working and able to learn efficiently.
Dentistry will always be needed so its a good one to have, motor trade, for example, is dying/dead so a lot of us are fooked right now.

Paul

I seriously doubt it!

I don't know anybody that works in motorsport but I know 2 dentists that both have new-ish porsches that are paid for..

Goto college the student life is not as Ibiza as uni life but just as fun plus on the side you come out with a qualification in an industry that will earn you bucks!

On a side note a mates son did a course in motor sports and races grass track for the black nights. So far on the back of his course he got a placement at Williams at Silverstone and is now working for Radical. He is at this moment pit crew for a car racing in Germany on request.

My point is what ever you do go to college.

Own the day

It depends what your qualifications lead to, I went to uni for 8 years and so far it has got me no where. Finally after months of unemployment I have a job offer but it's with a company with a bad reputation. Not complaining as I'm glad to have something with the way things are at the moment but I know a lot of people that went into tertiary education and got nothing out of it.

Practical skills is a dieing field in this contry go to college but most of all do the thing that come to you naturaly and you will be a success.

Own the day

Edited by matty on 21st Aug, 2009.

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Messing with dentures and oily hands dont mix in my book

The best place to be in the current climate is in college or uni! Get a grant and get your qualification in what ever as the world around you sorts itself out then come out at the end as things are getting back to some form of normality

Own the day

pick something your going to enjoy doing for the rest of your life.

mucking about with the cars might be enjoyable but when you rely on it for a living, the enthusiasm disapears very quickly for your own project- been there done that

This probably is a good time to be learning and our current choice is likely to have an ongoing requirement in the future, unlike some

rent the movie crocodile dundee and get a big knife.

not always true matty, i got my apprenticship at 18/19, granted i no-longer have it but i wish i did, i now work at sainsburys and i hate it, the only thing that keeps me going and on the look for a new career is my misses and my family.

imo what ever you do make sure it right for you.

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Just make sure you pick the right degree. I didn't. dropped out of uni after 2 years and started at the bottom of the dogs body ladder. I have a good 10 years work behind me now and have had a descent career to date, but it's taken a lot of hard work to get there.

That said, my little brother did his ellectronics degree and then spent 2 years looking for a job. The job he got though, was with the company that makes the chips that are in eveything and he is currently on his third visit to the US this year having been in china last week....

EDIT: It's fair to say that I am board shitless in my carrer and wouldn't be bothered if I never went back again, but I'be saddled myself with a mortgage and an expensive hobby so I'm stuck with it :-

Edited by apbellamy on 22nd Aug, 2009.

IM pretty much in the same boat kid, if i could drop I.T i would without a doubt, but the mortgage says otherwise, Id love to go into minis full time, running a mailorder buisness or something like that but that can wait! Appreticeships are the way foward imo! You have your foot in the door and if the employer thinks anything of you they should set you on!

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