UTI in Sac

[MikeDE]

Yeah, I wasted a shittonamoney at a tech school.....still paying for it as a matter of fact. BUT like someone said, you get out what you put in. Some of the instructors at mine were rather knowledgeable and intelligent.

[lambo]

Way to shit all over his decision. What are you doing and where do you work spence?

It's all about networking OP.
My friend finished UTI and works at Porsche/Audi/Bently in Newport, CA as an apprentice for now because of networking. Another at a BMW Race shop.
Treat the program as a medium.
You have to be active about what you want to do. Don't go sit in class and treat it like high school. Soak it in and network.

Networking is crazy important for any occupation. This, in my opinion, is the best advice in this thread.

[aPapester]

Just an update, ditching the entire UTI and WYOtech plan, just not worth the end result. Doing a ton(i mean a ton) of networking with my photography business.

Do me a favor and take a glance at my page

aPapester Photography Facebook

[Dozyproductions]

better late than never no?

[Vtec?lol]

lol
You're going to regret this. Oh boy will you regret this!!!
It'll feel like you're doing something for the better and making good progress but thats the trick they play on you with all the fancy equipment and cars they have there.

When I was in high school, all my car buddies (with mustangs and camaros and integras and shitty cars alike) kept saying I was retarded for buying a bmw as a project and building it to be faster and such. They kept calling it a four cylinder and FWD and stuff like that. I kicked the shit out of all the jap cars and even help up to a 305 trans am. They all swore up and down that I didn't know shit about cars. They all also decided to attend and graduate from uti. They all graduated and fast forward 7-8 years later they are all still working at either discount tire, pep boys, or napa. They al also have "student loans" that accumulate intrest much faster than their monthly payments.

My good frind who loved BMW's like I decided to go to our community college and get certified and he started with Mercedes and they shipped him to school somewhere in another country and he came back making 60k a year. Not bad if you ask me. He moved on to BMW and makes the same but ADMITS THAT WORKING ON CARS EVERYDAY IS TERRIBLE. He's now the shop manager and still hates it.

Go to your community or junior college and sign up. pay 1400 up front and get certified and learn just the same if not more than UTI.

Another side note, those guys that graduated ended up with 80,000 in loans. That was about 5 years ago. They now owe more. If i'm not mistaken UTI is owned by the same people that own Devry and other bullshit schools like it.

Think about it, what reputable school advertises itself and sends recruiters to your house? (unless your an athlete or something else credible to an actual university)

It's a business. not a school. Get out before they start drawing out loans for your next semester.... Then you're fucked.

[kronus]

sorry to hear about the uti in your sac, but maybe you should consult a doctor, not r3v

[aPapester]

yeah if I were to go to any college for it it would be a local college called CWI(college of western idaho) cheap and gets the same thing accomplished.

[aPapester]

sorry to hear about the uti in your sac, but maybe you should consult a doctor, not r3v

[Swanny]

I went to the NTI (they lost nascars endorsement for being dumbasses) outside of Charlotte, NC for 1 week. The more people i talked to the more i realize it wasn't the place for me. Especially for what you pay for it. I suggest looking into local colleges that offer technical degrees. That way you can major in automotive and minor in business or engineering or whatever the hell else you'd like. You walk away from that with a REAL diploma and a fall back of more education.

Oh the multimeter i got from there was pretty sweet and i use it all the time. Go for the multimeter.

[slaterd]

lol my bad i was trying to enlighten not put down.
i have never seen the better side of UTI like you have so i was unaware.
right now im going to school to become a respiratory therapist, and im working for a hot air balloon company part time.

When I first joined this forum I was thinking of UTI also...I was stoked and couldn't wait to get started. I think you're actually the one Pantless who detoured me away from that career path, best thing that has ever happened to me! Now I'm a design engineer and couldn't be happier. Sorry OP but Pantless is right. Working in a shop first hand during the time I wanted to go to UTI the technicians DO and WILL laugh when you boast about going to UTI. Thank you Pantless for saving my future.

[Todd Black 88]

sorry to hear about the uti in your sac, but maybe you should consult a doctor, not r3v

Finally! I cannot believe R3V has come to this. Twenty fkn posts before the first meaningful one.

[Pantless Spency]

When I first joined this forum I was thinking of UTI also...I was stoked and couldn't wait to get started. I think you're actually the one Pantless who detoured me away from that career path, best thing that has ever happened to me! Now I'm a design engineer and couldn't be happier. Sorry OP but Pantless is right. Working in a shop first hand during the time I wanted to go to UTI the technicians DO and WILL laugh when you boast about going to UTI. Thank you Pantless for saving my future.
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Haha thanks! I had to find this very same stuff out by making my own thread, so thanks r3v.

[knuklehead92]

i went through this phase... i love cars but you really got to think about it in the long term like when your older, kids, what happens when your sick you don't get paid unless your on salary which is hard to get now, unless your a master tech working at bmw or mercedes. Life gets tiring and working on cars all day, going home all dirty, not the best paying job in the world, plus tools will be like a long term payment like a car payment... Dont get me wrong i LOVE wrenching and getting dirty but not really a viable option anymore. I am 20 years old, i thought about it really hard, but instead i went with IT and now i make 50k salary with 401k and health care, and still going to college.

what i am trying to say is think about the big picture and down the road.

[aPapester]

all of these posts are just making me like my decision even more. thanks everyone

[ButtJuice]

i went through this phase... i love cars but you really got to think about it in the long term like when your older, kids, what happens when your sick you don't get paid unless your on salary which is hard to get now, unless your a master tech working at bmw or mercedes. Life gets tiring and working on cars all day, going home all dirty, not the best paying job in the world, plus tools will be like a long term payment like a car payment... Dont get me wrong i LOVE wrenching and getting dirty but not really a viable option anymore. I am 20 years old, i thought about it really hard, but instead i went with IT and now i make 50k salary with 401k and health care, and still going to college.

what i am trying to say is think about the big picture and down the road.

$50,000 a year at the age of 20, and retirement plan? Nice.