Chris Craig—Fixed Ops Curriculum Developer at RockED and content creator with 135,000 followers across platforms—has built his following by saying the things most people are afraid to post. In this episode, he breaks down why showing both sides of every industry argument is slowly shifting the culture, from the ASE certification debate to the 30/30/30 myth, what shops get wrong when hiring new grads, and the financial traps that push young techs out of the trade.
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- Host: Jay Goninen, WrenchWay, jayg@wrenchway.com
- Guest: Chris Craig, RockED, chris.craig@rocked.us
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