Car audio school

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

I was suggesting you get a real degree so you'd be way more above the education of an installer. Going to blinndergarden is cool and all, but you'd end up spending the same amount of money either way. And the more education you get in electronics in general the more you'll see how it applies to so many other things in the 12 volt industry. fabrication is just stuff you can learn on your own in your garage anyways if your motivated enough. Hell man, make a couple of fiberglass boxes on your own and you're already ahead of 75% of the installers out there in the world.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

It all really depends how serious you are into this. The easiest and cheapest way would just be hangin out here for a year and learning all there is to know. If you really want to take it to the top I would go for an electrical degree at a 4 year though.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

i went to R.I.T.O.P. School for mobile electronics.. just had to renew my MECP certification this nov...

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

also, you don't need to go to school to get m.e.c.p. certified... the test is easy as hell. plus, the school you mentioned above doesn't even do real life prodjects... you get to build play boxes and kick panels... none of the stuff you build can be used. if you wanna do installs in your own car, they charge $50 an hour after school hours.
also, you live in texas. the car audio world there is huge. students that live in texas have a very hard time finding a job or making a decent living. if you were dead serious about doing this i highly recommend relocating to denver. they have a huge demand for car audio. texas is like a huge flea market.... kinda hard to make money with all that competition

i went to installer institute in 99. came back, found a job at CC in a month, made $20K my first 1.5 yera, made $30K a yerar at best buy for 3 years, and then went to a custom shop making $56K a year before i went to PT for college.

the job market is WIDE OPEN here. the main problem is alot of the clown that go to these schools are kids of upper middle class parents who have never taught them to get a job or get off the bong long enough to know how.

they have no previous experience in any job and therefore are unhirable. BTE as far as texas it not as competitive as SoCal. SPeak on what you know, not what you heard.

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

i needed my MECP for CC and when I started at BBY i got my First CLass MECP, but never tested again. the custom shop i went to didnt care what i had as long as i didnt break shit, knew how to use glass, and could do alarms.

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

I went to R.I.T.O.P as well. I knew a lot from previous experience working at a shop before I went but I also learned a bunch there

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

I went to R.I.T.O.P as well. I knew a lot from previous experience working at a shop before I went but I also learned a bunch there

how bout pete's hair cut.. or should i say comb over huh!!! when did you go??

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

how bout pete's hair cut.. or should i say comb over huh!!! when did you go??

Last march/april. I think I talked to you about it once or twice before. lol at Pete's haircut.

 

[quest51210 10+ year member]

actually i know what the hell i'm talking about. if you call rodger at aei he will tell you flat out that it is very hard to get a job as a installer anywhere in texas. texas is one giant flea market. probably the best state to buy car audio gear. example: herts mlk165's in houston can easily be found for $450.00- here in atlanta look at spending between $899.99-$1,100. while i was in school in houston i figured i'd stick around a little while because i met some pretty cool people. for 2 months i couldn't find a job nowhere. guess what? i've worked my whole life, know how to get a job, and graduated the top of class. i know car audio very well. i come home to atlanta and scored a job in less than a week. now i'm in l.a. came up for a job and a gig. texas sux for just about anything... nobody speaks english and the weather absolutely sux.... soooo... yeah, i know what the fvck i'm talking about buddy

so because that happened in houston, the whole state must be like that? when i managed the best buy bay in pasadena (SE Houston) i was offered multiple positions at Tweeter, Mobile Hi-Fi, and plenty of local businesses.

houston is a port town and much like long beach they get alot of items for dirt cheap.

i highly recommend the acoustic edge institute if you like blowing your money away.... that school is a complete joke. out of 12 students in my class only 3 graduated. students were stealing stuff, instructors came to class drunk or stoned, and the owners lie their tail off to get students to attend. it was the biggest waste of time and money. the only thing i learned there was how to build a turbine enclosure. everything else i already know. they don't even teach the basics. every student in my class(except for me) had zero expeirence with installing... didn't even know what a component was. it was real sad. that school totally sux!!!!
the owner (rodger) is a past convicted felon who served 7 years for meth trafficing... he is a huge scam artist... yeah, i said it.... sue me!!!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

BTW you said you graduated at the top of the class? only 3 of 12 graduated...that makes you a pretty stupid *******

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

BTW you said you graduated at the top of the class? only 3 of 12 graduated...that makes you a pretty stupid *******

LMAO //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

Last march/april. I think I talked to you about it once or twice before. lol at Pete's haircut.

well im glad pete's still there.. he is something else...

allot's changed since ive been there. a few people left.... i was there march/april of 03... the school was awsome.. thank god i stayed in the hotel suit, rather those busted *** aprtments...

 

[22mountaineer 10+ year member]

I am pretty close to you, I live in Lufkin, but I cant help in your situation. I did ask the same thing awhile back and I pretty much got the answers you got. Dont go to a CA school do something else and get in a shop and learn with OTJ training.

 

[NeverEnuffBass 10+ year member]

well im glad pete's still there.. he is something else...allot's changed since ive been there. a few people left.... i was there march/april of 03... the school was awsome.. thank god i stayed in the hotel suit, rather those busted *** aprtments...

Yeah I stayed at the hotel. I had a roomate but he was mad cool. We went and partied at Boston College every weekend. Time flew when I was there, can't believe its been a yr.

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

Yeah I stayed at the hotel. I had a roomate but he was mad cool. We went and partied at Boston College every weekend. Time flew when I was there, can't believe its been a yr.

yea boston was cool as **** i liked it out there.. other then it being cold as ****!!! my roomate was from CT and drove home everyweekend. so i had that ***** to myself on weekends.. the lady at the desk would give me cookies.. and i found a way to break into the juice machine and the washer and dryer's. haha it was all free for the whole stay...

 

[SethPhillips 5,000+ posts]

f.y.i. they have a program called "top gun" at AEI. when you reach that level they try to hire you on as a instructor.... soo, in other words i know what the hell i'm talking about. this chump bashing me probably is the shop boy... runs to taco bell and sh!t and details cars... fvckin loser

i dont care who the FNG is, im going to go get the food... he stay's and sweep's.. FNG'S!!