Advice requested for aspiring bike mechanic

I'm thinking of becoming a bike mechanic here in Chicago... I was wondering if any of you who work full time and make a living off being a bike mechanic have any advice on how to best go about this sort of thing.  I've found two schools online that give courses and certifications and have thought about that...  How much $$$ do you make an hour?  How stable of a career move would this be for someone to take, I mean, is it a good assumption that I'd be able to find work in Chicago as a mechanic pretty easily or not?  Thanks for any advice or stories on how you did it!

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on February 11, 2014 at 6:34am

I was just going to post that here...

Kelvin Mulcky said:

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on February 11, 2014 at 6:36am

Extra credit if you can figure out how to embed it. 

Permalink Reply by Gecko on February 11, 2014 at 6:54am

Like this?

Kelvin Mulcky said:

Extra credit if you can figure out how to embed it.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on February 11, 2014 at 6:56am

^Give this guy a raise!

'Nother reason to go into IT and not bike mechanic school. ;)

Permalink Reply by T.K. 3.5 mi on February 11, 2014 at 7:55am

Also another reason to periodically show up at your LBS with tasty beverages and other gifts. 

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 11, 2014 at 8:00am

ha! I just posted that in Dug's other thread about why mechanics are grumpy.

Kelvin Mulcky said:

^Give this guy a raise!

'Nother reason to go into IT and not bike mechanic school. ;)

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 11, 2014 at 8:01am

Yes!  Now I just gotta do it.  I'm thinking cookies. 

T.K. 8.4 mi said:

Also another reason to periodically show up at your LBS with tasty beverages and other gifts. 

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