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This is actually a friend of mine that I used to work with, and I came across this picture
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when I was trying to figure out how many jobs I've had over the years. We were doing a repower one time and some dude was given my number from a girl, and he
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started texting me pictures, trying to get pictures of what he thought was the girl
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So we decided to break the bad news that he'd been given the wrong number by sending him
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this picture here of my friend. And I used that picture as a thumbnail so I could tell that story
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But I realized I've had 11 different jobs before I became a mechanic, and I've got a job to do
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today, which is part of the reason on why I became a mechanic. And since I'm waiting on some
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parts to come in for the Key West, I got to do this dash panel and do some stuff like that
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I figured, while I do this other job, I could tell you the story of how I became a mechanic
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and what made my decision to become a mechanic. And I don't really know if the number 11 is a lot of jobs or not that many jobs. I mean
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You let me know how many of you had. But my first W-2 job was with my uncle doing construction
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and a lot of remodels, stuff like that. We're gonna need some light. If you haven't figured it out
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we gotta change the oil in the car. But my second job was then at a restaurant
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I don't know, I was there probably, I don't know, maybe a year or so
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It was a Mexican restaurant and I was a bus boy, that was pretty much it. I waited tables a couple times, but mainly just a bus boy. So
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and then after that I did a little bit more construction and I got a job at a grocery store
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I was actually at this grocery store twice, once in the produce department and then once in the
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bakery, which again didn't really suit me what I like to do or any of that stuff. It was just
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you know, you got to have money, so it was just a job. Actually, no, that's not right. After the
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Mexican restaurant, I worked at a factory called Hydra Gear where they made
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transmissions and machines stuff like that for tractors lawnmowers lawn equipment and things like that Then I did some more construction and then I worked at the grocery store twice
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Then after the grocery store, it was. more construction work. I mean, I did a lot of like remodels, tile work, stuff like that. Anything
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construction, that's pretty much what I was doing is remodels. So let's kind of add this up a little
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bit. Just so I can keep track of everything. We had construction. Restaurant. Hydro gear. Construction
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Grocery. Grocery. Construction. Construction. There. That's a lot more helpful. And then also
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mind you, this was all in like a five-year period. So I want to say
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This was Nietz four, like 06. This was like 05 to 06
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This was 06 to 07. This was 07 to 08. This was 2008
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This was 08 to 09. This was 2009. And this was also 2009
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So I had like eight jobs in five years. And yeah, it just kept. going
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Now after the last construction though, this is when I worked for AT&T
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That was from like 09 to 2010. This was a call center. We pretty much
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just took phone calls from people that had problems with their service and then we
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would try and fix their service and then upsell them on all kinds of stuff it was pretty ridiculous because I mean it was like trying to sell dial internet and other things like that to people in the mountains that I mean
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it was a it was just trying to upsell people so I didn't like that at all. Now after that though I'm like I don't know 21 22 around this time now so after the AT&T job
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I got a job at a steel factory. At the steel factory, it was basically, I was there for a year
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and we pretty much just slit down coils of steel. So we would take these giant rolls of steel
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and we would cut them down to where, you know, like, say you've got a 60 inch roll of steel
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we would cut it down into five pieces of 12 inch pieces of steel
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So that was pretty interesting. I was there for a year, starting to kind of get stuff together
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So this was from 10 to 11. This is about when I was starting to figure it out
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because this is when I got a job at Publix and I moved to Orlando to go to MMI or Marine Mechanics Institute
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And that was, I actually worked at Publix from 11 to 13
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and then my was good it was all right i mean if you want the m m m m story you know just
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let me know in the comments below i know i've seen a lot of comments of people that it went to
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m m m m so you know maybe we'll make a video on that maybe some questions and answers or something like that
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But other than that, this is when I got at Publix. And Publix and MMI is kind of what really got me into Shelter Bay which is the marina in Marathon And that is where I been ever since So the reason I went into MMI was because I always liked to fix things being mainly construction but at the
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same time, anything mechanical, four-wheelers, dirt bikes, boats, any of that stuff. It's
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always been like, that's what I'm good at, is building stuff, playing with Legos, puzzles
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that kind of thing. I like to take things apart and fix things, and that is kind of what
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drove me into wanting to become a mechanic. I think that once you find a passion for something, that is kind of what you ultimately need to do
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If you like something, like they say, you'll never work a day in your life
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But finding something that you're good at as well probably plays a pretty big part
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in that and making sure that not only do you enjoy what you do but that you are good at it
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I can't find my funnel so you can judge me. That's not too bad for not having a funnel
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One little spill. When it comes to making money as a mechanic, it's actually kind of a slow game
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You'll notice over the years through those 11 different jobs and all those different skills that I had to learn
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and all those different trades that I learned, I picked up skills from each one of those
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that helped shape me to become a better mechanic. Problem solving skills, people skills
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talking at AT&T with other people, cold calling. all these kinds of skills that you learn, not from doing something or going to a school
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but actually experiencing these things. And it is all of those different skills that allow you to make the most amount of money as possible
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in whatever trade that you decide to go into
