Who has work for companies like QBP or Trek?
11-20-16, 07:20 AM
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Who has work for companies like QBP or Trek?
Anyone have interesting stories about working with or for the companies? (Maybe in the mn/wi area)
It would be interesting to hear from people who work in the industry and see if it's a field for me (once I'm out of the uw-college system)
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It would be interesting to hear from people who work in the industry and see if it's a field for me (once I'm out of the uw-college system)
Thanks
11-20-16, 07:51 AM
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I have worked as a rep for bike brands (Peugeot and Giant) and for a wholesaler (Hawley). This was after having worked in various shops on both coasts. I've never worked in-house so can't advise you on that but expect my skills would have been useful there as well.
11-20-16, 07:56 AM
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I worked as a brazer (among other things) for Trek from 1980 to 86. I enjoyed it -- there aren't a lot of jobs where you can get paid to play with fire -- learned a lot and met a lot of interesting people in the bicycle industry. My understanding is that there isn't a lot of manufacturing going on in Waterloo anymore, but that doesn't mean it wouldn't be an interesting experience.
