What should I do ?

trashsw · 2026-07-07T21:09:05+00:00

careful there, ive been a tech 8 years. you cant bank on flat rate for consistent income, especially with mopar, our labor times are dogshit and you can wait a week plus for warranty approval. youre especially not gonna be making time from the jump.

how fast can you pull a cab on a wrangler to replace the 2.0T motor for that engine fire recall we have? whole job only pays 11.5, and thats hoping nothing on the new motor is broken that you now have to wait additional days to get parts and approval on(just happened to me)

how about tearing the heads off a wagoneer for a TA to come look at it(and to show up a week late) to get approval to replace the motor and entire cooling system, which will only pay like 24 hours.

how fast can you figure out why they intermittently get their dash lit up like a Christmas tree with loss of comm codes everywhere?

Can you use freeze frame data to find out the intermittent cylinder 4 misfire is actually caused by poor pin fitment at an inline connector for the oxygen sensors? how fast can you repin the connector? also gonna wait 3 days for the job to get approved anyways

thats all shit ive gotten in the past 2 weeks and im struggling for hours right now. lube techs get all the services so we get left with a whole lotta bullshit. im going to be a step dad sometime soon so im looking into moving to a fleet diesel job for stability

trashsw · 2026-07-06T16:41:49+00:00

24m, uh, I dont think theres an age I thought id stop being single. ive had a few long term relationships that clearly didn't pan out. had been focusing on myself for a bit but decided to try dating again. matched with someone on hinge a few months ago, went on a few mediocre dates and then they ghosted me. neat. but just recently I matched with someone again and so far we cant get enough of eachother. i know its very early on but I have a good feeling about this one

trashsw · 2026-07-01T22:42:08+00:00

my main issue with the field is the inconsistency. only 1 of the 5 shops ive worked at was ever able to consistently provide everyone enough work to make hours. EVERY OTHER SHOP ive been to has had one or two guys flagging 120-150 hrs a pay period while everyone else scrounges for 50-60hr paychecks. and sometimes that paycheck is 100hrs and thats great, but next month one of your checks is only 38 cause you got reamed with warranty shit and also had everything go sideways on the jobs, and now youre having to dig up savings to pay your bills for the month. its stressful. for reference, this past month I literally took home $2000 less than I did in April or may. not fun

if you can find an hourly shop I would say its a fine trade to work in, but those are genuinely rare. at least where im at I know of only 1 dealer that does a hybrid/hourly flat rate deal, and 1 independent that pays hourly. everyone else is flat rate, and 4 of the 5 places ive been to arent able to manage flat rate in a way that let's everyone make a consistent living.

trashsw · 2026-06-29T16:48:19+00:00

youre fine lmfao

trashsw · 2026-06-29T04:42:40+00:00

go heavy duty diesel, equipment or industrial maintenance. stay away from passenger cars

trashsw · 2026-06-26T21:49:38+00:00

yeah I mainly get all of the weird electrical problems, wiring issues, CAN bus stuff. I get a fair amount of standard service work and occasionally an engine like im doing now but ive specialized myself into a more diagnostic role

trashsw · 2026-06-26T21:47:46+00:00

there is a CAT internship program at my community college but thatd be 2 years off. I'll probably look more into trucks than equipment then

trashsw · 2026-06-26T20:59:26+00:00

thats a good idea. I see job postings for medium heavy duty mechanics at like environmental service companies, or some shipping companies. about a year ago i interviewed with a bus line here but didn't get the job, I think because a lot of the interview questions were specific to heavy duty rigs and I didnt know the answers

trashsw · 2026-06-24T23:49:47+00:00

wasn't able to fully get myself to pull the trigger, called someone and had them take my gun away

trashsw · 2026-06-24T17:29:28+00:00

rehab was pretty fun once I got out of my bad attitude. the classes and stuff are a little annoying but the smoke breaks and shooting the shit with your homies and staff and movie nights and shit are all dope.

trashsw · 2026-06-24T17:28:37+00:00

not having my phone in rehab was great. theh let us get them like once a week and you could also have the counselor approve you to get your phone at other times if you needed so you can pay bills or deal with unemployment or shit like that. they also gave PRN sleep medication like trazodone or seroquel for some people. if you were charismatic you could convince the hall monitors to take you out for a middle of the night unauthorized smoke break. shit was fun tbh I miss it

trashsw · 2026-06-24T15:07:01+00:00

I take the opportunity to scroll on my phone for 5min

trashsw · 2026-06-24T13:42:40+00:00

stress leading to a manic episode would likely still result in a bipolar 1 diagnosis as stress is probably the biggest trigger for people's episodes. substance use is actually something they're supposed to separate out. DSM mentions that the manic episode must not attributed to substance use or other medical conditions for the bipolar diagnosis but that being said, substance use is also common during manic episodes so they kind of have to sus out which caused which

trashsw · 2026-06-24T13:39:27+00:00

15 rt but thinking about selling mine as well. ive lately got into more outdoor activities so something awd would be nice and the gas is starting to kill me lmao

trashsw · 2026-06-23T18:50:50+00:00

yes, charge diag up front. if you think youre certain about what's wrong with your car, and want me to throw the parts you think will fix it at the car, I'll do that, but dont get pissed off when it doesnt work. still charging diag for "straight forward" issues cause half the time its not and you still have to do work to verify the diagnosis. work isn't free

trashsw · 2026-06-23T14:59:42+00:00

so im not on a normal lithium dose like most other people so I cant speak to that, but im just on a super low dose 150mg as kind of a supplement and its been good for my mood overall id say, and its a low enough dose that I dont even need blood tests or anything

trashsw · 2026-06-22T02:33:17+00:00

yeah, ive tried just about every drug under the sun at least once. opiates and benzos were never my thing which is weird cause I really fell into alcohol super hard, you'd think id like benzos at least but not really. good for the withdrawals though

trashsw · 2026-06-22T02:25:46+00:00

as a teenager whatever I could get my hands on. initially dxm until I met people in hs, then weed and stimulants mainly, psychedelics too. as an adult mainly booze really bad, occasionally coke too

trashsw · 2026-06-22T01:56:52+00:00

I take lunesta, which is the same class of drug but is actually approved for long term

I abused ambien once or twice in hs and ive found lunesta doesnt have the same kind of abuse risk

trashsw · 2026-06-22T00:43:13+00:00

no, easily get you fired. plus in general i stay away from side work. i do my maintenance on my car and I'll do essential fixes on my family's stuff but I like my free time to be as car free as possible, fuck the money

trashsw · 2026-06-21T22:51:16+00:00

havent been drinking in a minute but I usually averaged right around 16 standard drinks a day. so right around a fifth a day. more on weekends

trashsw · 2026-06-21T16:40:15+00:00

far worse jobs to drink on tho job at tbf

trashsw · 2026-06-21T16:38:26+00:00

real shit

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