hey guys!

Just wanted to make an introductory thread. With a little 4-11 on myself

• My name's Khoi (pronounced coy, rhymes with boy, toy, etc etc lol)
• Recent graduate from University of Maryland College Park (Terps!!) with a BA in Criminal Justice
• 5+ years in the sales industry
• HUGE passion in cars, this is my first job in sales where its automotive related, can't express my excitement!
• I've been in the car scene since I was 16. I've been through my slew of Hondas (fully built, boosted, sponsored civic.. JDM front Integra.. boosted 4dr integra.. mr2 turbo)
• Went to the subie side, currently driving a 2008 Legacy GT Limited (turboback, tune, coilovers, among other small mods)
• Heavy involvement in National G Club (because of my brother) so the whole nissan/infiniti scene is NOT 100% new to me

Anyways can't wait to meet, help, and sell to this community! I've been a forum junkie for over 6 years, I know about you e-thugs and e-sarcasm LOL bring it on!

few quick pics of my ride








Khoi Ha

 

haha whats up khoi! welcome to the Z forums.. so random I came across this. This is Jimmy with the red Z. I'll see you around bro

 

oh what! hahah whats up man. man join date '07 with 10 post??! haha creeper status

 

hahah i just come here for parts/deals

 

sup bro?

 

sup bro?

 

Goof, long time no see on the boards. How's Thuy?

 

sup sup
lol how come i haven't seen you out at any of the ngc meets?

 

OP, why did you go into sales when you got a degree in Criminal Justice? Seems like a super wield move. Like you put yourself in debt to sell parts at a place that probably would have taken you w/o your degree, or do they have some need of your criminal justice degree?

 

Maybe having someone on their team with a degree in criminal justice will help them know just how far they can go....

 

I actually get asked this all the time. I originally went to school for business (at HCC) and when I had transferred to UMCP I didn't even come close to getting into the Business School there. At the time I had a lot of friends doing criminal justice, me being young I decided to follow since I always thought. Hey I like watching Cops haha and law enforcement was always interesting to me. Loved watching CSI, Law & Order, etc.

My biggest regret now that I'm 2 years out of college is NOT taking college as seriously as I could have. 1 semester before I graduated, I applied to be a US Border Patrol Agent. I told myself, I don't want to be a local, county, state cop especially after finishing school and having a degree. Going straight to the federal level was a big goal of mine. My application literally got to the very last stage and it's just been at a halt for so long (finished all the interviews, exams, etc etc)

Throughout college I worked at a retail floor covering store for 2 years, then I got promoted to a regional position working for their distributor side my last year. Due to my territory being slow, I was laid off. I told myself I would never go back into sales just because of it's competitiveness. I saw a listing for a sales position with AAM and I figure why not? Sales, something I'm extremely good at, and cars which is something I'm extremely passionate at. At home I'm constantly trolling the forums for the next biggest update on whatever it might be, or always looking for the best deals. Now I get paid to do this! I couldn't be happier. Is this a career? maybe, maybe not. Would I rather be a county cop instead? probably not. I've always been more inclined to do more sales/marketing or business related jobs!

My biggest passion really is helping others out. At the end of the day if I can put a smile on someone's face whether that be through good service, selling stuff, or whatever it might be, I am 100% for it

Sorry for the long read, I tried to cut as much BS out as possible! LOL

 

Good post, My guess on fed jobs is it is going to be somewhat slow for a little bit since election time is here and they don't want to be the guy running up the bill. Good luck with that job and hopefully you enjoy your time at AAM.

 

I always say a degree is better than no degree. College teaches you a lot more than what is actually taught in your special field or major.

Some of the biggest things I took from college outside of all the criminal justice education: time management, grammar, and communication skills

 

Yeah it is unfortunate but I guess that's what comes with being a Fed

 

With all that said do I still get special discount on parts like before? Clint used to sell me everything on super secret Asian steal.

 

hahah I don't have any pull around here I have a standard forum member discount which everyone gets but... we can talk

 

We've technically been under a federal hiring freeze for the past few years. But folks are still getting hired.

 

are there any products out there you guys would like us to make?

 

I remember you Khoi aka greddybboy. I was up there at Extreme Performance when goof got his car dyno'd. This is Joe use to have the widebody rice rocket 350z.

 

haha sup joe, no more z? you still trolling vadriven?