I want to become a computer technician!! ...how?

I have done the Comp TIA A+, a benifit? Nope I would personally rather gain real world experience.
 
Rotty said:
there is money to be made at server level upwards but you would probably need to start at bottom, it's a job where experience is everything
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Getting steadily harder and harder though as more and more of the work is off shored to India and China, the money is currently still there for specialised high level skills but the whole market in the UK is on a downwards trend and the competition for jobs is very high.

Personally if I had a business degree I wouldn't touch IT with a barge pole, don't ruin a hobby by turning it into a job go earn a decent wedge in a managment position and fiddle with PC's in your spare time!
 
SoSolid said:
I think there is very little money involved in this.
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Agreed. I had a part time business douing this for years. It's great when you get simple things but it's when things don't quite go to plan and invariably they do. Things that should only take an hour but take 3. Then there's the overhead of travelling and general admin which don't earn you money.


An example .. A chap brought to a video problem to me.. I swapped it out for my lab card and it woked.. so a new one was purachsed and fitted.. But that didn't work either.. Totally confussed.. I started looking at the mobo.. flashing etc.. . Took me hours and hours.. Turns out that the replacement card was also faulty with the same problem..


There are plus points, it's a good way of earning pocket money and some people are over the moon when you've fixed their problem so its quite rewarding.. but that's about it.

I disagree with the A+ certification. Although it's meaningless in terms of recognised business certification, the generally public don't know that and the "A+ certified" emblem on adverts and business cards, for example, gives the client an element of comfort.
 
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AndyStoke said:
. Im always fiddling with computers.. hardware and software and could see myself doing it as a job and want to become a computer technician.
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you wont enjoy doing it when you start doing it for a living.

I just have an imac now, because i cant be bothered fiddling about anymore. I just want it to work, and look good.

I game on the xbox / PS3 and use the imac for video / photo editing for which its very good for.

Doing it for a living will kill any interest you have at home.
 
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[TW]Fox;17734295 said:
What a way to waste 4 years getting a decent degree. Nothing wrong with being an IT Tech but you should have just gone and done it straight from school and you'd probably be near enough the 'top' of that particular tree now.
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Maybe he only just realised what he wants to do? In that sense the degree hasn't been a waste. Not everyone knows what they want to do and when they want to do it.
 
The grunt work of fiddling with PCs isn't fun if you do it for 8 hours a day. I have a sense of pride when I build a new rig and it works, but it would be physically tiring, repetitive and dull work to do every day. If he has a business degree and a general interest in and knowledge about computers he should get into enterprise computing, become a consultant or head of a company's IT department managing 20 computer-fiddlers!:p
 
LordSplodge said:
Oh and you're confusing enjoying "fiddling" with commuters with doing that day in day out with people breathing down your throat to get it done.
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Isn't it "breathing down your neck" ? How can someone breath into your throat (don't want to imagine that!)
 
Took me 4 years and 2 qualifications to get my first IT job!

Did a National Diploma in Software Development and a Higher National Diploma in IT System Support.

Worst.Choice.Ever

Found a decent job working for an Insurance company as 1st line support getting 16k then i got promoted to their sister company and did 2nd line support of 23k now i'm stuck working for some rubbish charity which uses technology from the 80's! Wish i went into archeology now :/
 
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