Hope this is posted right, I consider it to be related to me and not Cadillac so much. Also you get more hits in the Lounge.

I have really been considering a career at Cadillac. Ya'll know I'm 15 but may as well start planning things for the future now. I like math and what not and being a mechanical engineer for Cadillac would be great I think. But also I would love to work on making the interiors and stuff also sizing things like leg room and trunks(which goes back to engineering). I also can do computers so...

What kind of schooling and experience would I need, to work on developing new Cadillacs, etc?

Thanks ya'll

eh.... from your age to even 17 what you want to do as a carrear.... spending 35 years of your life doing... will change soo much.... when I was 15 I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do... I guess the only thing I could say is, do good in school (although grades don't mean everything) and take up some extra classes, or trade classes, adn if you have the opertunity to go to a vo-tech... do that....

And I am only 17...heh :)

I think that's great that there's something you're that interested in at this age. I say go for it.

The only advice I can give you is set your sights high when it comes to choosing a college. I didn't, and was content to go to Memphis State University, which is really just a commuter school/state university. It had a respected business department, but there's so much more to the "college experience" than what I got. I worked all through college, and they didn't really teach me anything that I hadn't already learned in high school, or picked up at various jobs I had.

When I was about 25 I was visiting a customer in South Bend, Indiana. I finished up early and had a couple of hours to kill, so I went to Notre Dame and just walked around for a while. I couldn't believe my eyes. If I had seen something like that ten years earlier, it would've changed my whole attitude about studying and trying to get into a really good school.

You might try pestering some people at GM with some e-mails, and ask about qualifications for the kind of work you want to do. I'm sure they're always searching for bright young talent. If you want to design, spend a little time working on cars too. You'll soon see why mechanics hate engineers. A lot of them have more education than common sense.

i doubt they'd let you start with Cadillac either. You'd probably work on the "sigma redesign" of the CHevy Aveo :p (since by then, im sure all GM will be Sigma :p ) and they MIGHT let you work on the Cobalt. It would take some time (and GOOD ENGINEERING OF THE AVEO) and then you could move up to....BUICK! or Pontiac :p and work on the G6 version 2.

I wouldn't mind to much startin with Chevrolet. I'm a lot more of a Chevy person than pontiac.

If you are interested in automative engineering, check out Kettering University in Flint, MI. ( www.kettering.edu ) This is a co-op education school that was formerly known as GMI - General Motors Institute. During your 5 years in school, you alternate between attending school and working at your co-op employer. You can earn much of your school expenses during your co-op work sessions. Many graduates go to work for their co-op employer after graduation and usually have starting salaries equal to a person with 3 years of experience.

I used to hire GMI / Kettering co-op students at former employers and they were very good employees. I was also on the school's corporate partner advisory board for about 10 years. Check out the school and let me know if you have any questions.

That doesn't look to bad at all. Know of any other schools? Kettering seems pretty apealing though cause you get to work with an employer. Thanks so much for the help.

This is a little off topic but what is Michigan like? anywhere I may want to live?

lemme search again for some stuff me and bob talked over , ill post up later if i find it ...

This is a little off topic but what is Michigan like? anywhere I may want to live?

If you want to work in automotive engineering, Michigan is the epicenter. In addition to the big three, many foreign automakers and tier 1 suppliers have their engineering operations in southeast Michigan. The cost of living is reasonable, although property values are generally higher than other Midwest cities except Chicago. Close-in suburbs and parts of Detroit are being revitalized and many exurban areas have lakefront and lake access living.
Weather is quite reasonable - the heavy, lake-effect snows are usually in western and northern Michigan and summers have only about ten ninety degree days. Excellent hunting and fishing, both up north and in southern Michigan. (Salmon are starting to run up North now and the biggest deer are taken from farmland in the southern counties.)

Michigan good points: Climate, 4 season recreation, inland lakes, Great Lakes, industry focus, good colleges & universities, cost of living, concealed carry, the Upper Peninsula, ability to have and really use lots of power equipment (boat, snowmobile, ATV, motorcycle, RV, classic car, 4wd truck, tractor for lawn and snow removal, etc.) - insert Tim Allen grunt here!

Michigan bad points: Traffic in southeast Michigan, Detroit city government's lack of leadership, Detroit crime, poor roads, many unpaved roads, no mountains except in the western UP.

Sounds Like Idaho, just we got mountains and decent roads(usually). You would think the roads would be top notch so the companys could test their cars. But I guess thats the point of the GM proving grounds.

If you are interested in automative engineering, check out Kettering University in Flint, MI. ( www.kettering.edu ) This is a co-op education school that was formerly known as GMI - General Motors Institute. During your 5 years in school, you alternate between attending school and working at your co-op employer. You can earn much of your school expenses during your co-op work sessions. Many graduates go to work for their co-op employer after graduation and usually have starting salaries equal to a person with 3 years of experience.

I used to hire GMI / Kettering co-op students at former employers and they were very good employees. I was also on the school's corporate partner advisory board for about 10 years. Check out the school and let me know if you have any questions.
yea my ex girl went there, i went to check it out, really interesting stuff. They have thier own large scale wind tunnel, all kinds of automitve shit. If u wanna work for cadillac or design things, you need to be an engineer, or art school graduate. YOu cannot just go to a trade school and expect a job doing big things there