there are some schools that offer a degree in auto dealership management, car college if you will. Might want to try looking into that.

As for installing car stereos, why would you spend 3k to learn how to do a $12 hr job?

There will come a time (most likley) when your career goals will change for any number of reasons. At that time you will wish you had the business degree. Not so much for what you learned from it that you will apply, but for the doors it's completion will open to you. Better to do it now when you are in the mode and have a more flexible schedule and budget than you may. It may seem that day will never come, but it will.
Good luck.

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1986 300E 220,000 miles+ transmission impossible
(Now waiting under a bridge in order to become one)

Reading your M103 duty cycle:
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831799-post13.html
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/831807-post14.html

I have a degree in Communications (which is not hard but its a degree), and I worked in the industry for a while until something better came along. The degree just got me in the door, and I'm not so sure about Philosophy, that may be a hard one to curve ball around, but hey you did your 4 or 5 years, right!? Now I work in an office all day and read MercedesShop.com forums and write to you guys all day. Wow life is good!

To be honest, I wish I could fool around with my car all day as well, but like everything, when you do it for more than 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for an extended period of time, it becomes WORK! Believe me dude, even if your job was to be a bench warmer at a strip club, it would turn into work. I think I will look into that though just to be on the safe side. I'll let you guys know what I find out.

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-1982 300TD Wagon - Smokey Silver Grey - With a Beautiful Door Ding Finish.
- Replaced Passenger Side Axle Assembly
- Replaced Alternator
- Replaced Brakes
- Replaced Countless Feet of Vacuum Line
- Running B20 Blend (WVO + Diesel)
- Shifts Wierd but Working on it...

- 224,000 Miles and Running Strong.
- Daily Driver

Turning a hobby into a job is usually a bad idea. I love boats, I work on them all the time, but by doing this they became a job.

So on the weekends I do not want to talk about fiberglass jobs or leaking fuel tanks, give me Mercedes problems! My friends typically do their boat projects on the weekend, for me I was working on boat crap mon-fri and have no interest in fixing anything.


Since I turned my hobby and passon into a job, now it has become a job. So I picked up MB's as a new hobby.


Just a thought.

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1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

May be a little late, but not many people work in the areas of their major. This is why I would generally recommend a liberal arts school so you learn everything. Do remember, just because you major in Business Managment certainly does not mean you will be a manager in some sort of business. The most important thing to remember is to get as good of grades as possible and maintain a valid work ethic. I do not know how a person could need 20+ classes for a major. I assume this is some sort of part-time school? At my school it takes 9 classes for a major and 4 for a minor. I think I will major in Biology and minor in Religion. No, I do not intend to be a Biologist, but it is useful when applying to med or dental school. I am a college freshman so let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks
David

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What kind of degree can you get with the credits that you already (or will shortly) have?

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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein


09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

Lots of alcoholic and drug-addicted doctors with ruined home-life and early suicide. Never heard those issues with astronomers.

B

Excellent lead-up.

Get a degree, any degree. See what the shortest path is, given the courses you've taken. Get the degree.

You like technical things. I'm guessing math is not your strong suit, else you'd have majored in a science or engineering curriculum. AFTER you get your degree, go the Embry-Riddle route or a similar well-regarded technical college. Work your butt off. make a good impression on your instructors. Use them for your refs when you start applying for jobs in the technical field. I'd be reluctant to hire somebody in a technical field that didn't get strong recs from several instructors unless he had a track record for another employer.

B

Our local paper had a list of college majors for 5 well known movie directors. 4 were Philosophy majors, the fifth was an English Literature major.

Draw your own conclusions.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

If you don't finish college there is a forum member that can direct you to every cheap lunch or dinner in New York.

Like the others say if you're close to finishing anything.....finish it. After that get the mechanic thing out of your system, if it's meant to be wrench away and if it isn't you have options.

Lol. Thanks. That's a good way to look at it. I'll keep that in mind.

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1984 300D 225K
1985 300D Donor body
1985 300D Turbo 165K. Totaled. Donor Engine. It runs!!!
1980 300SD 311K My New Baby.
1979 BMW 633csi 62K+++? Dead odo

We would all love to do what we love but that is impossible. Where the heck did you go to school that you completed 100 credits and you need 23 more classes to get a business management degree? I am in the process of getting two degrees at the same time; one in accounting and the other in finance and in order to achieve that I only need about 50 classes total from a major university. Just because you are majoring in business management does not mean you HAVE to be a manager, you can probably do hundreds of things with a degree like that. See, I'm going to be an "Investment Banker" just like my uncle and none of my current classes involve investment banking per se. Just remember one thing.....you can always lose everything you have worked for BUT nobody will ever take your degree away. I know it can be frustrating at times but you need to complete school or you will regret it for the rest of your life.

One more thing, it's good that you are in the business field because that is one of the most profitable occupations to be in at the moment. Since you have to take 23 classes that is basically less than two years to go -- I do 14 classes a year. Fall 5 classes, Spring 5 classes and 4 classes during the summer session.

Good luck

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Well the allegedly pompous one can't resist a response.

You see I predicted RG's response. It is typical of a young guy, who is just starting to figure out who he is. Even older people bristle up when presented with bad news, or something that they regard as a personal attack.

I have always had the balls to say what I think. That often makes people angry because so few people have the courage to tell it as they really see things. People who were forced to listen to my critiques, they were my subordinates, later thanked me for being honest with them. I was not always right, but I risked offending them to help them see their strengths and their shortcomings. The goal was always to help them perform better and earn more money.

I could go on, but instead will offer this suggestion. I was recently having a conversation with a 23 year old relative of mine. He is college and struggling to find his major. I made the following suggestion to him.

I simply said that he should pick out some jobs in which he might be interested in. Then strongly investigate how to go and visit someone actually doing that job in the real world. Might help the decision making process.

Also regardless of the major, in my opinion, communication skills are the most important thing by far. Become a good communicator in both written and verbal modes and you can go far. It used to be that people in business could get by their weaknesses in written communication because they had secretaries that re-wrote the letters that were scrawled on yellow pads.
I many times was asked to proof read letters that my co-managers had written. They knew I was pretty good at writing clearly.

Now the universal use of e-mail has removed the proof reader. The result can be very confusing. I get e-mails everyday from my clients, that simply leave me scratching my head. No caps, no paragraphs, but more importantly no ability to clearly communicate the problem or issue. It isn't much better on the phone. People are mostly just terrible communicators.

I read that RG's claim that he really pays attention to school papers and uses correct grammar and spelling. He relaxes on Forums and probably on e-mails.
I don't buy it for a second. When he gets to the point of submitting resumes and filling out applications it will bite him in the butt. I used to go through stacks of resumes. Quick glance and toss everyone that was sloppy, had a couple of mis-spelled words or poor grammar. What the hell there were hundreds of applicants. Why mess with the ones that didn't care enough to get it right.

By the way, anyone who has a goal of becoming a manager or business owner, will be lucky to work with mentors who are honest, and in your face.
Pay attention to them. Associate yourself with people who are smarter than you are. You will benefit. I was lucky enough to have a couple of very aggressive managers, who were constantly pointing out my shortcomings and offering alternative behaviors. I didn't like it, but knew they were mostly correct. I listened , modified my behavior and got promotions.

RG - If you think I'm pompuos and arrogant now, you should have seen me
30 years ago. You'd have been right. I'm much more mellow now!

Steve

Yeah if you think SC is a pompous assh0le, wait til you meet some of your future bosses. LOL.

Oh, and you can't follow both paths. Either finish with the academic credentials that you started on, or invest in tools and jump into automotive training. Doing both at the same time will do neither justice. Which ever you do, give it all you've got.

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2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma

Stay in school, you listed no reason that is a good excuse for dropping out now. I can not urge you enough how important it is to finish what you start.

Thanks
David

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