The Grind: Working for Experience Over Immediate Pay
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How You Can Get Into The Racing Industry: My Story of Getting College Credits to Race
What happens here
The speaker shares his own early experience with Jeff Lutz, a well-known drag racer and fabricator. He showed up at Lutz's shop early one morning, asking if there was anything he could do. Lutz immediately put him to work grinding off tabs from a chassis. The speaker continued to show up day after day, performing any task asked of him. He stresses that too many people avoid such opportunities because they want immediate, high pay, which he considers 'the stupidest thing.'
Goal: Understand the value of working for experience and proving oneself before expecting high compensation.
Tools and materials
- Grinder — Cutting and grinding metal on a chassis
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