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WOW, interesting question. That really depends on a couple of factors. I think first and formost is how you get trained and WHO trains you. I don't recommend that you go to one of the schools, they really don't care I don't care what they say about training correctly, most of them just want your money. Find yourself someone who is good (not a hack) and pay them to work with them and learn from them. BTW word of warning here, make sure they are good, ask any dent guy if he is good and he will tell you he is the best their is. Most dent guys are nearly as good as they think they are.

Now once you get trained make sure to practice, and practice and btw did I mention practice :?: If you work really hard and keep at it, you can probably do retail work after a few months and then be really good after about a year, but you never ever quit learning. Don't be afraid to spend money to get the proper training, its worth its weight in gold, I personaly know of a few guys that chase hail that make over a 1/4 million dollars a year and they only work about 8 months. You have to be good and it takes years to get to that level, a good PDR tech can make $100,000 a year.

Back again to the training question I personaly recommend KDP from our forum and he is also on Doording.com. Probably the best Dent guy I have ever met in my life, I am planing on going to get some extra training from him myself. I was trained at one of those rip off schools and I am the only Dent guy left in the business out of my class and the classes before and after my class. It takes a lot of commitment, but if you become good at it, it is sooooooooooooo worth it. Hope that helps.
David
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