The guy road it for several years in downhill races before hitting a rock wrong coming off a jump. Apparently didn’t cure him as he still races;).
While this is true for this type of frame, a typical double triangle frame is different. There the highest stresses are at the BB on the Seattube followed by the downtube. The joint of Headtube to downtube comes in third.
So how much would an entry level employee working at a factory like that make? One who has no training on the subject and receives all instruction on site, at the job? Someone without a college degree, etc… essentially a completely blank slate worker.
What type of a position? Layup tech I would assume $15-18 per hour. Put your time in and $20+ per hour… They are local to me and the cost of living isn’t that high. That’s a good wage for someone around here with no degree or experience.
Now not talking about Trek specifically but the composites industry itself. Generally to be a layup tech with no experience; no degree is needed. Experience is preferred but I’ve seen lots of techs hired at places with no experience/degree.
Having skills with layup, vacbag, infusion, etc… is always a good thing to put on a resume. Even if you have them from playing with composites at your house and I’ve seen that help people get positions over others with no experience. So READ as much as you can from this forum, use google/youtube, and practice as much as you can afford at home and maybe you’ll be a tech or even an engineer someday. You never know what the future holds.
Nice! Thanks for the info. So I asked because I’m looking to hire some people for a business concept that I’m trying to put together 
I’ll have more information in about a month and really can’t wait to post it up on the boards for yall to check out and, hopefully, advise me on.