IT around my neighborhood. If people need help and they have a connection to me I can usually find time to stop by. 90% of the time it’s something like restarting the router or force restarting their computer. I like seeing the joy on their faces that their problem is over plus I control the cost of my time which is nice. Usually it’s less than an hour and the people I help are so grateful that they insist I take far more money then I would’ve charged them. It’s like wizardry to them
You need to teach me your ways, sir. I’m pretty tech savvy, but not enough for a job in IT. If I could just get something going in my local neightborhood, I’d be in business.
It kind of just happened by word of mouth from family to their friends etc. I’ve always been good with computers and my family kind just saw my abilities when they needed help. I did get lucky because I got an internship in high school repairing computers. Some general tips
Always make sure things that should be plugged in, are
Always try to turning it off and back on if you can
Ask before you do
Don’t do if you don’t know, even if they beg you
Make sure you can trust the people you work with, especially since you’ll probably be uninsured when you’re doing this work for at least the first few months. Until you get enough clients to help you decide if it’s something you want to invest in
This one is absolutely key for me when I’m fixing someone’s computer. I’m happy to give it a go, but I don’t want to be responsible if it breaks further. I try my best to explain it in the simplest terms possible and then get explicit verbal confirmation that it’s okay if I try my fix.
IT around my neighborhood. If people need help and they have a connection to me I can usually find time to stop by. 90% of the time it’s something like restarting the router or force restarting their computer. I like seeing the joy on their faces that their problem is over plus I control the cost of my time which is nice. Usually it’s less than an hour and the people I help are so grateful that they insist I take far more money then I would’ve charged them. It’s like wizardry to them
You need to teach me your ways, sir. I’m pretty tech savvy, but not enough for a job in IT. If I could just get something going in my local neightborhood, I’d be in business.
It kind of just happened by word of mouth from family to their friends etc. I’ve always been good with computers and my family kind just saw my abilities when they needed help. I did get lucky because I got an internship in high school repairing computers. Some general tips
Always make sure things that should be plugged in, are
Always try to turning it off and back on if you can
Ask before you do
Don’t do if you don’t know, even if they beg you
Make sure you can trust the people you work with, especially since you’ll probably be uninsured when you’re doing this work for at least the first few months. Until you get enough clients to help you decide if it’s something you want to invest in
This one is absolutely key for me when I’m fixing someone’s computer. I’m happy to give it a go, but I don’t want to be responsible if it breaks further. I try my best to explain it in the simplest terms possible and then get explicit verbal confirmation that it’s okay if I try my fix.
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