so yeah, i have no fucking idea of what career to go, the only 2 things that i have some interest on is to be a mechanic or a programmer
i know i wont get rich with neither of those, but for what i see, programmers make way more money than mechanics, and that's what is making me overthink if the 2 years of tech school will be worth anything
> just do what you love
i like both things, way more into cars, but if im gonna make 50 bucks a year in that area, im fine to make it just a hobby
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working on cars is good way to hate them while making shit money
dont become a car mechanic, instead become an airplane mechanic as they get paid better and you even if you hate working on planes its not like youll drive a plane home and work on one on the weekends.
You gotta already love taking shit apart and putting it back together.
I DIY on my Volvo and I hate European cars with every gut of my being regarding maintenance. Still fun to drive though desu.
2nd this
Go look at a tech school near you, see what courses they have. I'm in the middle of education for automation stuff. I get to play with a multimeter and spin wrenches most class periods. Just know that if you choose a technician job you must do your best to take care of yourself or you will be fucked as you get older. Programmer would be nicer working conditions but ask yourself if sitting at a computer is what you want your job to be. Also your job may just be fixing whatever shitty code some poo in loo wrote, outsourcing programming is kind of a thing now.
Also nailed it.
>its not like youll drive a plane home and work on one on the weekends
You don't know what OP is capable of
If you love cars then working on them for a living is the absolute worst possible thing you can do.
>Rusted, dirty shitboxes all day, every day
>Exhausting, menial work interspersed with periods in which you do nothing whatsoever
>You're completely reliant on service writers/cheap customers to make any money
>Around the holidays there's never any work
>All the worst parts of service/retail jobs, e.g talking to stubborn, ignorant customers, constantly trying to meet a sales goal, etc.
Don't do it desu.
Programmer sounds nice at first but you will end doing nothing exiting, just soul grinding code-monkeying interfaces for databases in java or some shit like that. Web dev and corporate programming are boring as fuck.
Put it this way. I've never met a happy mechanic.