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You better be up for the grunt. Ever since I got out of aviation, I been busting my balls trying to get up from a massive wage of 10$/hr. I've spent 5 yrs in this automotive trade and i'm now 29. The weaklings will get weeded out. You need to love this trade to give you the motivation to keep going. And not cry about buying tools or working on the weekends, in the cold, in the hot, changing tires. This is the truth.
On paper, i'm still level 1, but i've done timing belts/chains, water pumps, engine swaps, head gaskets, electrical, suspension, brakes, etc. Going to finish my apprenticeship in a yr hopefully and use that to negotiate an actual wage I can live on.
If you don't want to be a lube boy all your life @ a dealership and actually learn something, find a general repair shop that will take you on. You will learn so much more early on, and gain confidence in the work you do. Be keen to learn, ask the techs you are working with, they will share their knowledge with you.
Show confidence, and ask for more difficult work. If you don't ask for more difficult work, you will be never be challenged and not figure crap out, and be lube boy all your life.
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