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I've heard from many pilots that being an airline pilot is a "second job of sorts". Its a cyclical career between the ATC strike during Regan, 9/11, 2008 crisis, and now Covid. One is a dentist on the side, the others are programmers, real estate, etc. Tech is a sure thing and always needed and...

Haha. Many are in it for just the paycheck. I code for a hobby project for a Garry's Mod server probably every other day for hours a day. I love coding. I pretty much make no money from it (only about $200 every 3 months) but love seeing things I create come to life. I love creating systems...

Oh yeah. Capital One, major banks, FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google), and more pay > $60/hr with housing stipends, travel, health insurance, sick days and vacation and more but there are so many applicants. A friend applied to one of those and got accepted. There were 28,000...

I have never thought about doing my PPL in the summer of my last year of college, that pretty good idea. I do actually want to finish a degree, it is a for sure career path. You can loose an arm, leg, vision, whatever and still work as a software engineer. If anything goes bad in aviation, it is...

Haha. Well I have been paying $125/yr for a 1st class medical and not flying. ADHD people I know seem to just take a plunge without thought or care. I love to thoroughly research anything before doing/buying/investing it + is a group discussion between my parents and I. My mom actually seems to...

That was the original plan. Graduate and rake in that software engineer money and then start flight training debt free. Land at an airline and do software engineer part-time/be a contractor. Problem is that waiting that long is painful for me. I have previously considered what you said after...

I have looked into the military before. I was on and off but finally decided it wasn't for me. I can not say that I'm open to the idea of doing 10 years of military service. I wouldn't do it just for free training, seems like something that you must be all in for. I'd rather be walking in the...

Hello all, I'm going to be a sophomore starting this fall in computer science. I love programming, been doing it since I was a kid, but the aviation bug bit me as well and is what I want to do as a career. However paying for college as well as flight training is just not possible. With rising...

Agreed. Not a Tesla but I have a 2013 Audi allroad I bought in July 2020. After putting about 21k miles on it, I can still sell it for more. I was looking to get a C7 2012 - 2016 Audi A6 with the 3 liter supercharged v6 but those have gone up even more than my allroad. Not worth it right now...

Heh, welcome to the U.S. The land where it took multiple years to approve matrix-LED headlights to update it from regulations from the 80s and the land where the FAA will ground you for anything! DOT is a joke.

While that's true that you can get new/used parts on eBay, you shouldn't have to get new parts from eBay. If I want a new part, I should be able to go to my local Tesla "dealer" and get the part or have them order it and shipped to the dealer. I shouldn't have to go to eBay to get new parts. Or...

Teslas are cool. They really are, but to me they're just a computer that happens to have wheels. I am biased, I love my ICE cars. I love my V8s and V6s (@Audi supercharged 3.0T) but also acknowledge that the general consumer doesn't want to have to deal with changing oil, timing belts/chains...

I had my CogScreen-AE administered by the guy who made it, Dr. Gary Kay. Very nice guy and nothing bad I can say about him. Honestly it wasn't that bad, even while practicing the tests I had no problems. I could've walked in without "practicing" and been fine. That's quite the allegation you're...

Gotcha. Unless the FAA twists my arm into having me start flight training early to get a note from the CFI would they still release me from SI without a CFIs note (unless we hit the lottery in which case I'll start flight training right then and there)? I mean to the FAA ADHD is you have it or...

Hey all, Hopefully quick question. I did the whole ADHD circus act for the FAA and got my 1st class medical in July/August 2020. Reapplied last year and no problem nor do I anticipate any problems this year. As part of my special issuance, I am required to submit a note from my treating...

What skydog and skychaser said. It's been said since the dawn of day that the next generation is worse than what we are. Hell, as much as I say I won't do it I probably will still probably say that Gen Whatever is worse than me, Gen Z. I'd argue that collectively Silent Generation, Baby Boomers...

- Socrates

That won't stop you from losing your 10mm socket. Can't count the number of times I've misplaced it, especially when I had my Toyota. Surprisingly I haven't lost it recently. Could also be because Audi uses 10mm, 13m, 15mm, 18mm, 23mm, ... you get the point. Combine that with the fact that they...

Agreed. OP dip your toes and get to know people at your local airport or maybe some of the guys/gals on the forums here are at your local airport. Get connections, make friends, and learn from them.

Like others have said, I'd think it'd be good to prove yourself through high school and college. I had an ASD diagnosis though I'm not sure if mine compares to yours because my AME read through all my medical records and 2 letters of recommendation by teachers specifically typed for my AME...