Why did you quit racing MX?

TripleFive 10/31/2011 4:04pm
10/31/2011 4:04pm
eThug wrote:
hate to break it to you buddy, unless you're going to a top 10 or 15 law school and @ the top 20% of your class...that...
hate to break it to you buddy, unless you're going to a top 10 or 15 law school and @ the top 20% of your class...that law degree might net you $50k a year unless you setup your own shop and get your own clientell. good luck!!
Thanks for the words of wisdom. I was under the impression that I was guaranteed millions just for graduating.

What career path do you suggest I take that will guarantee I will net more than $50k a year?
UpTiTe 10/31/2011 4:06pm
10/31/2011 4:06pm
I quit because I was tired of my dad constently telling me I wasn't good enough. He was always on me about how I didn't train hard enough or about how so and so beat me because I was going slow. So one day he started in telling me I didn't deserve a ride I was offered because I didn't work hard enough, I told him FU and didn't ride a bike for four years after that. The biggest regret of my life.
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UpTiTe 10/31/2011 4:10pm
10/31/2011 4:10pm
eThug wrote:
hate to break it to you buddy, unless you're going to a top 10 or 15 law school and @ the top 20% of your class...that...
hate to break it to you buddy, unless you're going to a top 10 or 15 law school and @ the top 20% of your class...that law degree might net you $50k a year unless you setup your own shop and get your own clientell. good luck!!
LukeCRF450 wrote:
great advice there eThug...i see you moved into career coaching after mx. Good luck with the law degree Triple5, even if it doesnt pay you six...
great advice there eThug...i see you moved into career coaching after mx.

Good luck with the law degree Triple5, even if it doesnt pay you six figures (not much does...), it will be rewarding.
eThug wrote:
yes, its quite lucrative as well :) foreign folks fail to realize that the way our uni's here work is: if you dont have wealthy parents...
yes, its quite lucrative as well Smile

foreign folks fail to realize that the way our uni's here work is: if you dont have wealthy parents to pay for it in full, the earning to debt ratio makes it a huge gamble. many people i know are drowning in so much debt from going to college that they will never pay it off, much less pursue any hobbies or actually gain employment that pays a living wage lol

the market for lawyers now is terrible, thats why i commented on it.

in AUS, they dont begin to make you pay for your debts until you make atleast 40K a year, if thats what my aussie friends told me.
Seriusly, you're an idiot. My daughter is paying for half her education and I'm paying the other half, she will graduate debt free with way more opportunity and earning potential then 100% of ex pros who never made it.
TripleFive 10/31/2011 4:16pm
10/31/2011 4:16pm
UpTiTe wrote:
I quit because I was tired of my dad constently telling me I wasn't good enough. He was always on me about how I didn't train...
I quit because I was tired of my dad constently telling me I wasn't good enough. He was always on me about how I didn't train hard enough or about how so and so beat me because I was going slow. So one day he started in telling me I didn't deserve a ride I was offered because I didn't work hard enough, I told him FU and didn't ride a bike for four years after that. The biggest regret of my life.
So thaaat's why you're UpTiTe.

You see what I did there?

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eThug 10/31/2011 4:19pm
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eThug wrote:
hate to break it to you buddy, unless you're going to a top 10 or 15 law school and @ the top 20% of your class...that...
hate to break it to you buddy, unless you're going to a top 10 or 15 law school and @ the top 20% of your class...that law degree might net you $50k a year unless you setup your own shop and get your own clientell. good luck!!
TripleFive wrote:
Thanks for the words of wisdom. I was under the impression that I was guaranteed millions just for graduating. What career path do you suggest I...
Thanks for the words of wisdom. I was under the impression that I was guaranteed millions just for graduating.

What career path do you suggest I take that will guarantee I will net more than $50k a year?
If you're good @ programming, a career in IT is waiting for you (C++, .net, C#, etc...)

those who are graduating from top law schools are having a super tough time and often working for peanuts. its not your fault, its just that the market is overly saturated with lawyers thus the demand has dropped. CO isn't exactly the hot spot of the legal profession.

seriously, good luck...and more luck to you if you took out loans.
TripleFive 10/31/2011 4:26pm
10/31/2011 4:26pm Edited Date/Time 10/31/2011 4:27pm
eThug wrote:
If you're good @ programming, a career in IT is waiting for you (C++, .net, C#, etc...) those who are graduating from top law schools are...
If you're good @ programming, a career in IT is waiting for you (C++, .net, C#, etc...)

those who are graduating from top law schools are having a super tough time and often working for peanuts. its not your fault, its just that the market is overly saturated with lawyers thus the demand has dropped. CO isn't exactly the hot spot of the legal profession.

seriously, good luck...and more luck to you if you took out loans.
Without hijacking this thread...

Programming jobs are being outsourced at a rapid rate. Anyone graduating with ANY degree is going to have a tough time, often working for peanuts. My point, nothing is a guarantee. I chose a path that I believe will leave me with a lot of options. Where I end up is a direct result of what I put in.

Thanks though Smile
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NetMXer 10/31/2011 4:35pm
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After 20+ knee surgeries, I finally had one knee replaced about 3 years ago. Even though I'm not supposed to ride anymore, I've ridden 3 times since having the knee replaced. I'm pretty much riding one legged when I ride so racing is out of the question.
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Rooster 10/31/2011 4:40pm
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The first time I quit it had a lot to do with dying on the operating table a couple of times and the doctors having to tell my parents that if I made it through the night I might survive. I was 17 at the time and when the parents pulled the plug I didn't have the funds to do it on my own.

I started again at 26 and raced into my early thirties. I won a provincial arenacross championship and got third in Canada the next year, but it had more to do with attendance than speed. I broke a shoulder once and the final straw was going to work on Monday with a bunch of broken ribs and a cold from sleeping in a tent in the rain all weekend at a race. I coughed and damn near blacked out from the pain. I sat at the side of the highway for half an hour and came to the realization that I wasn't in a position where I could continue with the sport and the injuries that went with it. Being self-employed there is no sick days. There is no 6 weeks off for an injury or insurance to cover the losses from not being at work.

Then after a few years off the bike and the dawn of the four strokes, I bought a buddy's 450 and converted it to a supermoto and got it titled to ride on the road. Awesome fun, but like the rest of you when it comes to bikes the competitive nature takes over. Pretty soon the stupid shit I was doing had no place on the street and I was at track days every chance I got. Then I started racing supermoto, or taking the 450 out and driving the sporkbikes nuts going road racing. It was a lot of fun and there were no major injuries. Just a lot of expense.

Then I moved to a different city and started up my own business again. Between the lack of time and the cost of starting the business I haven't been able to get back out again. I'm at that point where I'm starting to go stir crazy without a bike. Toying with the idea of buying a 125 and just getting out a riding again and see where it goes from there. We'll see.......
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Mini Elsinore 10/31/2011 5:29pm
10/31/2011 5:29pm Edited Date/Time 10/31/2011 5:51pm
Let me be perfectly clear. I have never retired, I just don't have a ride. Newman-----you have my number. Wink

Quit once to go to college---which lead to law school, which lead to debt out my ears. Did the jet skis, go-karts, jeeps, and even destroyed an ankle speed skating (stop snickering motherfuckers), hell I even did some impromptu hood-surfing that resulted in a completely rebuilt ankle--the other ankle, gawldammit! So, now I set off alarms at airports worldwide. And at the end of the day, it was all a replacement buzz.

And, then, my oldest son dug out an old picture of me racing dirt scooters. He walked up and said, "Momma says you used to race motorcycles. When do I get to race motorcycles?" it was 1999, and he was 6. We bought a PW50 for him that very day.*

I thought it was time to remount and bought a YZ125 the following week. Problem is, my last race bike was a '81 RM125. We landed dirt bikes "properly" back in the day by slamming the rear wheel down on the ground first followed by a spine-tingling counter-slam by the rice-a-roni front forks. If your front tire was coming down first----for god's sake, man, we called that preparing to endo and it was typically accompanied by a Flying W. All of my Gary Bailey, Gary Chaplin, Mark Blackwell, Tony D., and Tony Wynn motocross training---not to mention standing at the fence watching Maico badasses Gaylon Mosier, Magoo, Schultz, Stack, and Myers (@ the risk of nutsuckling claims) told me that landing on the front wheel was a bad strategy for long-term survival. At least, that was the case in late '70's and, let's face it, good advice is "good," regardless of when you receive it... Ahem. Let's just say that I never did adjust to the 'new' style of riding and decided to simply be a Dad. My wife thanked me, my orthopedic surgeon thanked me, and my checkbook thanked me. Until, I found out how cool a garage full of street bikes could be.....dammit. And add now, I'm building a Gen5 Camaro with my oldest son (19 and an ex-mxer)---and you think motocross guys are obsessive about modifying shit....these Camaro guys are nuts. The toys change, but it never stops.
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honda907 10/31/2011 5:31pm
10/31/2011 5:31pm
About the only way I'll quit is when I'm dead, and that ain't a lie!!

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