Stop in for a cup of coffee

From your accounts you seem to do a great job.

You have a larger car knowledge base than I do.

You've had far more wrench turning training than I ever had.

Don't short yourself ( no pun intended) many would agree here, with your time and experience you've turned into a great buyer of parts and a wrench.
I never planned on being a car person when I was young.

I was a lost kid with no purpose and kinda depressed about it. I thought i was trapped with no options in life. I felt like a huge failure.

Then one day my adoptive parents suggested I try automotive classes. Changed my whole life.
I just clicked with it. Who would have thought