I can sympathize, but don't really know of a way out myself. I've been a mechanic for 15 years and I don't feel like I can't get anywhere because expectations are too unrealistic, or people are just terrible. Meanwhile I see others 10 years younger than me moving on to foreman, or getting all the praise/pay. All I want is to make enough to build my own cars but that seems unrealistic at this point.

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Ex mechanic myself. I used by experience to pivot to tech support for construction equipment (corporate job) and then worked my way into Product Management for various different manufactures.

It can be done. It will take time, ambition and personal development efforts

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