ry4n Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I'm a hands on sort of bloke and not particularly keen on office work. As the title says I'm looking at getting into this sort of work as a second job, maybe even having it replace my current job at some point. You know the sort of thing, there are a lot of people who can barely use a T.V remote let alone sort out a home network or fix a computer once a PSU has blown, upgrade their graphics card and so on. Does anyone do this sort of work for a living or have any advice on how to persue this as a career? Ideally I would like to set my own buisiness up and work for myself, not quite sure how to go about that either. any pointers guys? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I used to think this would be a cool thing to do, but I grew to hate computers due to the number of 'minor' problems which take forever to solve. I wish you every success, but I'm not sure as a career it's viable. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Do it in your spare time for a year and see how much you can make. I used to do it but as Pixefill said the small things can take forever and folk don't want to pay the money for it, or at least that's what I've come across.. Unless you can land yourself a few contract jobs supporting some local companies, I just don't see how it can be viable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Theres no money in it, as its mostly very easy to do. Todd's right do it in your spare time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 You'd be better of learning about boilers and getting Corgi registered IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Theres no money in it, as its mostly very easy to do. Todd's right do it in your spare time. You'd be better of learning about boilers and getting Corgi registered IMO I agree entirely with the above statements. You'll make money if you're good at selling solutions to businesses, but home users want everything for nothing AND have 12 months free support. All for the same price they saw it on eBuyer for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 I agree entirely with the above statements. You'll make money if you're good at selling solutions to businesses, but home users want everything for nothing AND have 12 months free support. All for the same price they saw it on eBuyer for Oh god tell me about it, I changed my mobile number as all the home users just kept ringing up looking for free advice and repairs. Still do friends and family jobs and even then that's a nightmare. Someones kid gets a virus from downloading crap and you have to spend 8 hrs trying to restore their system (and get a box of biscuits for it), no wonder PC world just say "sorry but need to format your drive" soooo much easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BASHTHEBISHOP Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Agree with most of the sentiments here... Do 12 months 1st or 2nd line support & see if you fancy it then whilst perfecting your 'have you rebooted it?' line. Seriously though, there is only so much you can handle of this sort of support! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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