1. Everyone has to start somwhere 2. I'm positive there are other options besides "start your own shop" every brain dead tech you meet in the auto industry has the idea that one day theyre going to open a shop and make the big money and then theyre back working for someone after declaring bankruptcy a year later.

Judging by the replies on this thread it's all the same attitude lol "the job sucks, it doesnt pay enough I deserve more and the end goal is owning my own buisness becuase I'm much smarter than everyone I've ever worked for"

I will concede it's probably a dead end job but I'm fairly ok with that. Maybe career advice was a bad title.

A big draw for me is that I know a few other women in the bike industry (as mechanics even) where as the auto industry is so heavily male dominated that I've never worked with or even met another woman in the trade.