Want to work on cars for a living, but don't know where to start?

Get hired as a technician without tech school.

Learn how every system on a car works from a former flat-rate dealership tech, then follow a step-by-step plan to land your first shop job. No tuition, no two-year wait.
The Get Hired Guarantee
Pass the final exam and apply to at least 10 automotive shops within 60 days. If no shop offers you a job, we refund every dollar.
The Know-Your-Car Guarantee
Go through the first 3 modules. If you don't feel you understand your car better than you did before, email us within 30 days for a full refund. The risk is ours, not yours.

Sound Familiar?

✓ Shops want experience, and you can't get experience without a job.
✓ Tech school costs more than you can pay, and takes a year or more before you earn.
✓ You don't know which shops to try, what to say, or what tools to buy.
That's the gap this was built to close.

How it works

1. Learn how cars work

16 modules, 76 lessons, 8 hours 27 minutes of video, a quiz after every module and a final exam. Learn at your own pace, and keep it for life.

2. Get through the door

The Get Hired Playbook shows which shops hire with no experience, which ones promote, and what to say when you walk in.

3. Earn your ASE certifications

The program covers the same eight systems the core ASE tests are built around, and we'll help you work toward the certifications employers look for.

Who built this

I tried tech school. Two semesters in, I dropped out and went to work. I started as a lube tech at Valvoline, then worked my way up at a Chevrolet dealership from lube tech to apprentice to flat-rate technician. My first week on flat rate, I flagged 70.50 hours.
This is everything I had to learn on the shop floor, in the order I wish someone had taught it to me.
— Grayson Whitfield, founder

Tech school costs thousands. This costs $297.

You don't need a tech school diploma to get hired or to become a successful technician. You need to know how cars work and how to get through the door.

Private tech school

$47,075
Estimated total · 51 weeks
UTI Sacramento, Automotive Technology

Public tech college

$8,453
Estimated total · 4 trimesters
TCAT Knoxville, Automotive
Start earning sooner

Get Hired Without Tech School

$297
Or 3 payments of $99 · lifetime access
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Have a question? Ask a mechanic.

Ask The Mechanic gives you direct access to a mechanic for questions about cars and shop work. Your first month comes with the course. Membership is capped at 30, so every question gets answered.

Learn more about Ask The Mechanic

Your first shop job starts here

You can spend the next year in a classroom, or the next three weeks learning how cars work and applying to shops.
The Get Hired Guarantee
Pass the final exam and apply to at least 10 automotive shops within 60 days. If no shop offers you a job, we refund every dollar.
The Know-Your-Car Guarantee
Go through the first 3 modules. If you don't feel you understand your car better than you did before, email us within 30 days for a full refund. The risk is ours, not yours.
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