I first got interested In the automotive industry when I was 11 years old. When I was 11 me and my dad made a deal, The deal was however much money I had when I was ready to buy a car he would match. This deal got me interested in cars because I knew if I worked hard some day I could have a nice one. A couple months after this deal was made I started watching the mecum auto auction which is the biggest American muscle car auction in American. I also started searching Craigslist and carsonline.com which is the biggest site for classic cars. Along with looking at what I could eventually have I knew I needed one thing and that was money. Now I was 11 looking to buy a car so I needed to come up with a way to make some so I decided to go around the neighborhood and ask my neighbors if they would like me to take in their barrels every single Monday for $2 a house. I ended up getting seven people to agree to this so I was making and saving $14 a week for 52 weeks, that equals $350 a year and I was 11 so I didn't spend any of it and also I was able to get my 7 customers to agree to let me shovel for them so they gave me a lot more money during the big snow storms. I was able to keep this up for 3 years until I was 14. Once I turned 14 I got a job at Kens Flowers down the street from my house and was able to make a lot of money and I was able to save a lot as well. Throughout all this I never stop learning as much as I could about cars. But it wasn't until I actually bought my 1991 Camaro z28 that I figured out I had to learn to fix it myself and that was a career path I want to take. I found out that I needed to learn to fix myself because I had spent a lot of money on the car itself. I knew I needed to learn to fix my own car so I took the automotive program in school and I started reading a lot about my personal car online and what I can do in certain situations and what needed to be done. At this point I knew that I wanted to be a mechanic but not only a mechanic I want to own my own garage and be the boss. I want to know everything I can but have other people doing the work for me well I make the big bucks. My dad was the one who really got me interested in cars if it wasn't for him I probably wouldn't be doing this program, I probably wouldn't have the car I have now, I probably wouldn't have learned the value of a dollar, and I probably would have the work ethic I have today.
 
in the automotive industry the main goals customer satisfaction and profit. customer satisfaction is a big one because if the customer is not satisfied with the work you did chances are he or she will go find another mechanic that they are satisfied with. Profit is also a big part because if you are not making a decant profit then you won't be able to find or be able to pay a good mechanic there for there industry would suffer because they will have a bad mechanic or no mechanic and you will eventually bank ripped because you are not bringing in any money. i know that these are the two main goals because i have been watching the head mechanic and the way he talks to the customer. he always refers to them as sir or mam. i also know that profit is a big part because while we are working on cars we are always looking to see if there is anything wrong with their car so that we can do the work while it is already there therefore we make the money on the other job as well.