10 Year Autogeek Anniversary

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10 Year Autogeek Anniversary


July 10th, 2009 is my official start date coming to work at Autogeek from Meguiar’s.

That’s a decade of my life helping others, many of whom I’ll never meet, to detail their cars and other various things under the sun.

Helping people with their new cars, old cars, fix their mistakes, fix others mistakes.

Written hundreds of articles, typed out thousands of answers in replies, taught hundreds of classes and shared detailing on TV with millions of people.

Made thousands of friends here in the USA and around the world.

Detailed uncountable cool cars and shared them here on this forum. I call this walking the talk.

I love detailing cool cars and even more, showing others the craft of car detailing and the art of polishing paint.

Below are a few pictures from the 2009 Detai Fest and in one of the pictures you’ll see my hand doing hands-on training with a guy that attended that Detail Fest and that’s kind of a “picture type” of what I’ve done here for the last 10 years. Help bring others a little further up the toad. Or as the title of an old article I wrote years ago goes...

Each one teach one.

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Group shot from that first Detail Fest that led to my job here at Autogeek.

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Thanks Mike for all you’ve done to teach and help me!
Congrats on the 10th!!
 
Thanks for getting me behind the AG booth and showing me how to pick up a bead with the PE14. Then meeting me go in front of a crowd on my first attempt. Who would have thought I would have done in without hiccup in front of you and a crowd watching from the front.

Congrats on the 10th Geekaroonie.

Thanks Mike.
 
Huge thank you from me, Mike.

I have learned more about one subject (detailing) from one source (you) than I have ever learned from numerous sources of any of the other things I am passionate about, or learned in an occupational setting.

The internet is full of information now, but I will wager nobody puts in the time to actually DELVE into the subjects like you do.

Cheers on the 10 years, Mike! :cheers:
 
Congratulations Mike and thank you for everything you've done for the detailing community and will continue to do in the future.

And most of all thank you for taking the time to introduce me and my wife to Barry M at the after party hotel at DF10.

That is a memory I will always cherish!
 
Congrats Mike. Really cool post and really great 10 years with many more to come.

W
 
Congrats on your 10 year anniversary! Keep on helping us and all the new folks that stop in and become Geeks for another 10 years.
 
Thank you Mike for all your helpful articles, videos and time answering questions on the forum. Congratulations on 10 years! I hope I can meet you one day since I'm only a few hours away from Stuart. :)

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Congratulations Mike! Thank you for all your contributions. I learned alot from you. I been on this forum for a decade as well......
 
Congratulations Mike on your 10 year anniversary. I attended one of your training sessions in September 2010 and it was well worth the time and money. I have enjoyed your posts, articles, and books over the years and feel you have elevated the professionalism of the business. Thank you for all you have done.
 
Congratulations Mike and thanks for all your valuable insights on all things detailing.


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Congratulations, Mike! :applause:

Thanks for showing me how a clay bar worked 9 short years ago - that 30 second tutorial in the Show Car Garage transformed my life! :righton:

:cheers:
 
Thank you, Mike, for sharing your passion and commitment with us. You have the highest level of credibility for me because you certainly do "walk the talk". Every day for way more than 10 years!
 
Dang. Incredible. Thanks Mike for elevating and showing how this is much more than a rag and a bucket. Your knowledge is amazing. Let's go for 10 more at least. I got 20 to retire. Lol! Good work Mike.

Ryan

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Mike,

Congrats on your 10 year anniversary!! Your knowledge, insight, and passion to help others in the detailing world is unmatched and I'm truly grateful for it!!

Thank you,
Jay
 
Happy 10 years Mike!
Hope you are here another 10, 20, 30.....

You get it ;)
 
Hey thanks everyone for the kind words.


I hesitated creating this thread, I think the times are a changing, to quote Bob Dylan - in that - in today's America, people don't join a company then work there for 20, 25 years, get a big fat pension and retire.

My dad did this, joined the Oregon State Police after serving in the U.S. Military and followed that pattern.


With less opportunity to spend the majority of your working years at one place it just seems there's less value placed on any time invested in any one company.


It's more fluid now days. I made a commitment to myself that if I quit a really great job at Meguiar's I was going to give this job 100% and I'm still giving it. Autogeek has treated me great since signing up with them and that plus loving what I do means never working a day in your life.


p.s.

I'm not really a Bob Dylan fan, never have been, not my style of music. But his song and that title of the song seem to apply. Just look at our society.



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Congrats Mike on your 10 years at Autogeek, and thanks for all your hard work, teaching, informing, and providing hands-on training for automotive detailing.:buffing::dblthumb2:
 
Thanks for all your advice, lessons and support.

I am in year 35 at two different companies (oncology/disease formulation scientist) with these last 13 years at company #2 and loving it.

Keep creating knowledge and training others makes the extended same company ride worth it. And have fun along the way!


Yes times are changing but the young rookies need great mentors like yourself.


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