New Employment...

Robert_K · 11-16-2009, 07:55 AM

Well this past Friday I Graduated UTI with Automotive w/ Nissan Advance Technical Training. I was planning on going back to Kuwait but they had no positions available. I started applying at local Nissan and Infiniti dealerships. This is not what I wanted to do. I was fortunate to be contacted by Jason at EnglandGreen Corp. EnglandGreen specializes in higher performance for the C5 & C6 Corvettes. Saturday I interviewed with them and will be starting Tuesday. I'm looking forward to learning about the C5/C6 Corvette and helping customers achieve their high performance needs.

kdo2milger · 11-16-2009, 08:10 AM

congrats Rob!

sounds like an exciting oppurtunity for you...and i know theirs money in kuwait, but sounds like it may be a better deal for you here...

Robert_K · 11-16-2009, 08:13 AM

Thanks. Yeah I'm excited about 1) Doing what I love, higher performance 2) Get to stay in the States and more importantly with my wife.

TX_370 · 11-16-2009, 08:27 AM

Congrats Robert!

370Zsteve · 11-16-2009, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert_K

Thanks. Yeah I'm excited about 1) Doing what I love, higher performance 2) Get to stay in the States and more importantly with my wife.

This goes to the heart of what I've been saying to anyone who will listen...if you want a job that will be around and not outsourced overseas, don't go to college! (Yes, I'm serious).OR go to college but also learn a trade. Apprentice to become an electrician, plumber, carpenter, or a mechanic.

Take that shop class in high school. Unless you are going to graduate Summa Cum Laude from Harvard Medical and become a brain surgeon, learn how to fix a car, wire a circuit, or build a house.

Shameless plug for a book I just finished reading. And no, I have absolutely no financial reasons for plugging it

Amazon.com: Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work (9781594202230): Matthew B. Crawford: Books

Philosopher and motorcycle repair-shop owner Crawford extols the value of making and fixing things in this masterful paean to what he calls "manual competence," the ability to work with one's hands. According to the author, our alienation from how our possessions are made and how they work takes many forms: the decline of shop class, the design of goods whose workings cannot be accessed by users (such as recent Mercedes models built without oil dipsticks) and the general disdain with which we regard the trades in our emerging "information economy." Unlike today's "knowledge worker," whose work is often so abstract that standards of excellence cannot exist in many fields (consider corporate executives awarded bonuses as their companies sink into bankruptcy), the person who works with his or her hands submits to standards inherent in the work itself: the lights either turn on or they don't, the toilet flushes or it doesn't, the motorcycle roars or sputters. With wit and humor, the author deftly mixes the details of his own experience as a tradesman and then proprietor of a motorcycle repair shop with more philosophical considerations.
- Publishers Weekly, Starred review

Robert_K · 11-16-2009, 09:14 AM

LOL^^^ Hence I'm a auto tech and fire fighter. No mater what... buildings will catch fire and people's cars will break down.

I was in the 7th/8th grade ('92/'93) when I went to get my hair cut. I still remember the old man's name, Mr. Simpson. He said he had been cutting hair since WWII. I asked; "Why so long." He response was; "Get a job that the people will always need. People will always need to get their hair cut."

370Zsteve · 11-16-2009, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Robert_K

LOL^^^ Hence I'm a auto tech and fire fighter. No mater what... buildings will catch fire and people's cars will break down.

I was in the 7th/8th grade ('92/'93) when I went to get my hair cut. I still remember the old man's name, Mr. Simpson. He said he had been cutting hair since WWII. I asked; "Why so long." He response was; "Get a job that the people will always need. People will always need to get their hair cut."

My buddy the plumber says "people always need to take a schitt"

Rhinetom · 11-16-2009, 09:37 AM

Congratulations on the new position! Kuwait would have been more money but, the death/war thing would always be in the back of your mind. Keep customer focus and honesty as your priorities and you will succeed.

Mike · 11-16-2009, 10:08 AM

Congrats! They have an awesome reputation in the corvette community.

Robert_K · 11-16-2009, 11:58 AM

Thanks!

theDreamer · 11-16-2009, 12:00 PM

Congrats Robert, glad to hear you found a good place here and do not have to leave for Kuwait. So when are you going to buy a Corvette?

Robert_K · 11-16-2009, 12:06 PM

Thanks! LOL Everyone keeps asking me that. Gotta get a house first.

TX_370 · 11-16-2009, 12:09 PM

Actually, I was leaning towards the question of... do you still get your built block even though no Kuwait?

Robert_K · 11-16-2009, 12:19 PM

We'll see what the future holds.

hestian6150 · 11-24-2009, 08:39 PM

Congrats Robert! Good luck! Chad and I wish you all the best!

--Jennifer

11-16-2009, 07:55 AM	#1 (permalink)
Robert_K A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Spring, TX/Iraq Posts: 1,281 Drives: '12 Forgeline G37S Rep Power: 17	New Employment... Well this past Friday I Graduated UTI with Automotive w/ Nissan Advance Technical Training. I was planning on going back to Kuwait but they had no positions available. I started applying at local Nissan and Infiniti dealerships. This is not what I wanted to do. I was fortunate to be contacted by Jason at EnglandGreen Corp. EnglandGreen specializes in higher performance for the C5 & C6 Corvettes. Saturday I interviewed with them and will be starting Tuesday. I'm looking forward to learning about the C5/C6 Corvette and helping customers achieve their high performance needs. __________________ '12 G37S Forgeline, '03 Built TT 350Z HRE (Sold!) http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7a6dc53.jpg

11-16-2009, 08:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
kdo2milger OG Priesthood Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Fargo, ND Posts: 17,859 Drives: NISMO T Rep Power: 59	congrats Rob! sounds like an exciting oppurtunity for you...and i know theirs money in kuwait, but sounds like it may be a better deal for you here... __________________ Project *NISMO*

11-16-2009, 08:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
Robert_K A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Spring, TX/Iraq Posts: 1,281 Drives: '12 Forgeline G37S Rep Power: 17	Thanks. Yeah I'm excited about 1) Doing what I love, higher performance 2) Get to stay in the States and more importantly with my wife. __________________ '12 G37S Forgeline, '03 Built TT 350Z HRE (Sold!) http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7a6dc53.jpg

11-16-2009, 08:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
TX_370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 5,389 Drives: American Rep Power: 28	Congrats Robert! __________________ 2009 PW Nissan 370Z with Sports Package

11-16-2009, 09:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Robert_K A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Spring, TX/Iraq Posts: 1,281 Drives: '12 Forgeline G37S Rep Power: 17	LOL^^^ Hence I'm a auto tech and fire fighter. No mater what... buildings will catch fire and people's cars will break down. I was in the 7th/8th grade ('92/'93) when I went to get my hair cut. I still remember the old man's name, Mr. Simpson. He said he had been cutting hair since WWII. I asked; "Why so long." He response was; "Get a job that the people will always need. People will always need to get their hair cut." __________________ '12 G37S Forgeline, '03 Built TT 350Z HRE (Sold!) http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7a6dc53.jpg

11-16-2009, 09:37 AM	#8 (permalink)
Rhinetom Base Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United States Posts: 92 Drives: 09 370Z auto, red Rep Power: 15	Congratulations on the new position! Kuwait would have been more money but, the death/war thing would always be in the back of your mind. Keep customer focus and honesty as your priorities and you will succeed.

11-16-2009, 10:08 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mike The370Z.com Sponsor Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Loganville, GA Posts: 5,944 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 2185	Congrats! They have an awesome reputation in the corvette community. __________________ NISSAN: 75 280Z / 86 300ZX GLL /87 Sentra SE / 03 350Z / 23 Z Porsche: 93 968 / 23 Macan GTS / 93 968

11-16-2009, 11:58 AM	#10 (permalink)
Robert_K A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Spring, TX/Iraq Posts: 1,281 Drives: '12 Forgeline G37S Rep Power: 17	Thanks! __________________ '12 G37S Forgeline, '03 Built TT 350Z HRE (Sold!) http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7a6dc53.jpg

11-16-2009, 12:00 PM	#11 (permalink)
theDreamer A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 30,879 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 4210	Congrats Robert, glad to hear you found a good place here and do not have to leave for Kuwait. So when are you going to buy a Corvette? __________________ theDreamer's Z // Fast Intentions // Uprev // GTM // HKS // TEIN theDreamer's Silvia // URAS // GREDDY Houston Zs // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram

11-16-2009, 12:06 PM	#12 (permalink)
Robert_K A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Spring, TX/Iraq Posts: 1,281 Drives: '12 Forgeline G37S Rep Power: 17	Thanks! LOL Everyone keeps asking me that. Gotta get a house first. __________________ '12 G37S Forgeline, '03 Built TT 350Z HRE (Sold!) http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7a6dc53.jpg

11-16-2009, 12:09 PM	#13 (permalink)
TX_370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 5,389 Drives: American Rep Power: 28	Actually, I was leaning towards the question of... do you still get your built block even though no Kuwait? __________________ 2009 PW Nissan 370Z with Sports Package

11-16-2009, 12:19 PM	#14 (permalink)
Robert_K A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Spring, TX/Iraq Posts: 1,281 Drives: '12 Forgeline G37S Rep Power: 17	We'll see what the future holds. __________________ '12 G37S Forgeline, '03 Built TT 350Z HRE (Sold!) http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...psc7a6dc53.jpg

11-24-2009, 08:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
hestian6150 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 5 Drives: ...coming soon... Rep Power: 15	Congrats Robert! Good luck! Chad and I wish you all the best! --Jennifer