Hello all,
I am new to this forum. As I am going off to college next year I am wondering what you guys do for work. I have loved cars for a while but macs are by far my favorite. I lookup to the members on here with all of their cars and just wanted to know how they got there.
Thanks
I've searched for a thread on this but to no avail. If you know of one could you post the URL that would be great.
You'll find people here that do a little bit of everything. I wouldn't base your major on a perceived ability for it to land you a job where you can buy a McLaren. Clearly there are majors that have a high correlation to career paths with high pay, but if it would make you miserable, what you commute in won't make it better!
One common point you'll likely find among people here is that it took a lot of hard work to get to the point of buying supercars. There will be a huge component of luck, and right-place-right-time.
When it comes to college though, don't forget that what you will learn outside of class is just as important as what you'll actually be paying tuition for. It should be a roller coaster ride where you emerge with a degree in something, amazing friends, memories, and some sense of self reliance that prepares you for the "real world".
In my case I started out in Molecular Biology, took a detour through Health Care Management, and ended up in the English department. Through luck and connections I landed an interview at a telecommunications company. Once in the door, I busted my @$$ to get as good as I could. This was the late 90's and I was convinced I'd be retired and driving a Ferrari by the time I hit 30. Instead, the entire tech market blew up, I jumped ship to a much smaller company, which ended up getting gobbled up by another big company.
I've continued to bust my @$$ and now would much rather drive a McLaren than a Ferrari. Currently, I don't own either, but I'm getting there. 30 has since come and gone, and I'm still working!
It may sound like there is a lot of luck involved in that path, and there was, but one of the non-class lessons I learned at college was that "chance favors the prepared mind". If I were to give advice, I'd say it would be to make sure you are the most prepared mind. Find your passion and then figure out how to mold it into something you'll enjoy doing better than the next guy. Everyone's path is different, but if you start by identifying and pulling to your strengths, you'll be headed in the right direction.
One more quick point -- Learn from failure, don't fear it. Do everything you can to avoid it, but know you'll get caught sooner or later.
Hope that helps and doesn't just come across as the ramblings of someone who should be working rather than posting on a forum
-nh4.