Comments on: 9 Tips to Help You Become a Computer Technician http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/ A Weblog for Emerging Computer Technicians Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:50:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: respect yourself http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-886 respect yourself Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:50:51 +0000 #comment-886 I agree to the first 3 suggestions.Then you lose me - IT has only room for passionate self motivated individuals. People who eat, drink and breath IT. Selling yourself cheaply and allowing yourself to be exploited is dangerous and soul destroying. My advise is have belief in your capabilities. Find any job you can while you scope out the ideal IT position that best fits your level of skills. Aiming too high will lead to you being chewed up and spat out. Choose wisely. While working the bread and butter job -I suggest setting your own network up at home and start experimenting and documenting and reading. When companies start handing out free computers then start working for free. When your land lord halves your rent then ask for lesser wages until then everything has a dollar value. expect no less. I agree to the first 3 suggestions.Then you lose me – IT has only room for passionate self motivated individuals. People who eat, drink and breath IT. Selling yourself cheaply and allowing yourself to be exploited is dangerous and soul destroying. My advise is have belief in your capabilities. Find any job you can while you scope out the ideal IT position that best fits your level of skills. Aiming too high will lead to you being chewed up and spat out. Choose wisely. While working the bread and butter job -I suggest setting your own network up at home and start experimenting and documenting and reading. When companies start handing out free computers then start working for free. When your land lord halves your rent then ask for lesser wages until then everything has a dollar value. expect no less.

]]> By: Jess http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Jess Wed, 09 Jun 2010 08:10:16 +0000 #comment-838 I have a friend who's a technician, and he had to work for free for a long time. He started out by repairing computers as favours and eventually, word got around and he was confident enough in himself to charge for his services. He had any number of <a href="http://www.globalknowledge.co.uk/courses%20%20certifications/microsoft%20training%20courses.aspx" rel="nofollow">Microsoft training courses</a> under his belt and goodness knows what else but employers wanted experience. So he had no choice but to find his own experience. It worked for him though. I have a friend who’s a technician, and he had to work for free for a long time. He started out by repairing computers as favours and eventually, word got around and he was confident enough in himself to charge for his services. He had any number of Microsoft training courses under his belt and goodness knows what else but employers wanted experience. So he had no choice but to find his own experience.

It worked for him though.

]]> By: Tony Dopazo http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Tony Dopazo Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:31:05 +0000 #comment-588 Good advice Especially #6 Good advice

Especially #6

]]> By: Casey http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Casey Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:17:12 +0000 #comment-543 You're very welcome! I hope this helps out. You’re very welcome! I hope this helps out.

]]> By: D http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-542 D Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:58:28 +0000 #comment-542 I want to thank you for the information as I'am looking into becoming an IT Tech I want to thank you for the information as I’am looking into becoming an IT Tech

]]> By: Toz http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Toz Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:33:07 +0000 #comment-514 Just say "I don't know" when you don't know what is happening on a customer's computer. Just say “I don’t know” when you don’t know what is happening on a customer’s computer.

]]> By: Casey http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Casey Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:27:45 +0000 #comment-345 Thanks Gavin! Thanks Gavin!

]]> By: Gavin http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Gavin Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:16:01 +0000 #comment-322 What a great post, thanks. Another tip, which worked for me, was learning to program. I got the job at my current employer by writing a small PHP app for their website. This was during my freelance days, but next thing I knew they where offering me a full time job. Today I'm the IT and software development manager. What a great post, thanks. Another tip, which worked for me, was learning to program. I got the job at my current employer by writing a small PHP app for their website. This was during my freelance days, but next thing I knew they where offering me a full time job. Today I’m the IT and software development manager.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.emergingtechs.com/posts/9-tips-help-you-become-computer-technician/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-76 I agree with your list, especially "work for free", as a lot of employers look for experience rather than qualifications. I have quite a few computer related qualifications but when looking for a job, employers wanted to know what experience I had. Luckily I had quite a bit as I worked for free for as long as I could afford to. Regards. I agree with your list, especially “work for free”, as a lot of employers look for experience rather than qualifications. I have quite a few computer related qualifications but when looking for a job, employers wanted to know what experience I had. Luckily I had quite a bit as I worked for free for as long as I could afford to.
Regards.

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