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Hi, I'm Johnathon Camp. I've been racing my whole life and have won a few amateur nationals. I Gave up my pro career to go to college. Right now i'm a Junior working on my bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. I want to find an internship for the summer of 2011, or anytime of 2011. I have tried to email Honda Usa, but have heard nothing back. I know that a lot of jobs, or sponsorships now days are highly orientated with the people you know. So I decided to post this to see if anyone has any advice, input, or connections with anything related to this.
You may want to hit up KTM.
KTM North America Inc
1119 Milan Ave
Amherst, OH
44001
or
38429 Innovation Court
Murrieta, CA 92563
Might want to try writing them a good letter with some type of resume.
You never know,it could work....
Good luck to you!
Good luck.
The Shop
I just got my bachelors degree in Mech. Eng. last December, so I feel for ya. It's not easy!
I suggest finding an internship at a medical device company. These type of companies have well defined internship programs and actually pay a pretty good wage for interns.
Try some of these companies: St Jude Medical, Abbot Labs, Boston Scientific, Johnson and Johnson, Tyco Medical, Stryker, and many others. Typically these companies have excellent intership programs.
Another suggestion is just take a job doing Autocad or Solidworks drafting.
Don't be a sucker and take a "fun" motocross industry job.
I'm a 19 year old student from Portugal that wants to join the motocross industry. I'm ending a professional electronics course that gives me a level 4 degree. I don't know if that means anything in the industry or in any other country besides mine. Motocross is some how a passion that I want to keep. Can someone give me any information about motocross industry? Don't care if its abroad. Anything goes. I'm looking for internships, jobs, learning the fields of expertise and related information.
I would really appreciate the help.
Contact companies like:
* Pro Circuit
* Works Connection
* ARC
* Factory Connection
* Hinson
* Yosh
etc.
Pit Row
Your first years out of college are crucial and you need a mentor and someone to guide you so you actually learn something.
The MX industry is full of really stupid, unprofessional people and if you managed to get an internship at a team you would be doing yourself a disservice. While your friends got internships at real companies that actually provide value to society, you would be working for free at some podunk shop that is probably owned by someone who didn't even graduate high school.
I would also start reading more about motorcycle setup in your spare time.
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/johnathon-camp/41/59a/796
Why on earth would you want to work in the mx industry if you've had 2 legitimate internships at SpaceX and Tesla?
I knew someone who interned at SpaceX and he was fucking SMART. Working in MX would be a step back from you, you're obviously a smart guy.
As someone who worked/interned with automotive dream companies and for motorcycle teams, I can say without a doubt in my older more mature years that I am now, that you should keep your hobbies and work separate. Money may not matter now, but without $$ your hobbies are gone. Trust me. Keep them separate. If you didn't like SpaceX or Tesla (I have friends that work at both and have toured both facilities), then you will not like anywhere you can work as an engineer.
Go work for SpaceX or Tesla. SpaceX or Tesla will be much better for your resume and experience in the long run...
Second, if you are prepared to go outside your comfort zone (and your own country), take a long hard look at oil/gas and/or mining. Places like Canada and Australia pay a lot money for quality graduates (a good first year graduate in Australia can easily make $100,000 a year, that's not a misprint), plus you will get professional and leadership development opportunities you could only dream about in other industries.
With that kind of income you can set yourself up for life, and get as much into motocross as you want.
Ando
I'm not entirely sure if ill go or not since I have a graduate research assistant position lined up at my college, Embry-Riddle, to get a free masters and get paid while doing it. Chances are i'm going to stay in school for 2 more years.
It's a tough decision to make. Would it make sense to take a free masters degree or go to work for a really cool job right away?
I ended up getting a part time job in coal mining while in school which played into a permanent position after graduation. After a few years I did the "grass is greener" thing and went to work for less money and less hours at a small machine shop. I got a ton of valuable experience in designing and building solutions to all sorts of heavy industrial problems. After doing that for myself a couple of years I have ended up back in mining at the same company I started with.
Find a place you like the people at, that challenges you and can keep you employed for a long time. Stick with it and set your lifestyle up so you can live comfortably at the salary you will make. Before you know it, you'll be planning retirement at an early age and you can do what you want.
As for the Masters in Engineering, I'd choose an MBA over that. In my experience a Masters in Engineering won't do much for you in the real world. Good luck with it all.
Oh, I think I parked next to you at Parker Valley, NC at a LL regional in like 2003.
http://www.racer-results.net/results/mxsports/2003/AreaRegional/racer.a…;
I raced at Parker Valley in 2004:
http://www.racer-results.net/results/mxsports/2004/AreaRegional/racer.a…;
Can't believe its been 10 year already. It was cool to race with a lot of the big names today though.
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