game development only accounts for 12,000 right now with Tiga predicting a cut to about 8,000 in the next 4 years.
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Experiences of going it alone- Residential IT support?
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game development only accounts for 12,000 right now with Tiga predicting a cut to about 8,000 in the next 4 years.
I'm not slapping anyone in the face, but I've pointed out where you were incorrect, hence a misinformed opinion? Anyway, I appreciate the input but I've done my research like I've said.
If you want to make it worthwhile, you'll need to take on some small business customers, even if just on an ad-hoc basis.
It takes quite a while to get going. I've been going two years and think it'll be another year or two until it will be up to a salary worth doing (or maybe find an opening in a mid-large company which is also why I'm doing this).
I don't have any problem customers, which is often the thing that puts people off, partly due to doing the same sort of work for a few years previously and also from just the way I deal and speak to people.
A lot of it is repetition, at the end of the day it will either be rolling out new kit or repairing hardware or software issues. I'm doing some CCTV work and looking into covering AV installs etc as well.
Any questions, just drop me an email
It takes quite a while to get going. I've been going two years and think it'll be another year or two until it will be up to a salary worth doing (or maybe find an opening in a mid-large company which is also why I'm doing this).
I don't have any problem customers, which is often the thing that puts people off, partly due to doing the same sort of work for a few years previously and also from just the way I deal and speak to people.
A lot of it is repetition, at the end of the day it will either be rolling out new kit or repairing hardware or software issues. I'm doing some CCTV work and looking into covering AV installs etc as well.
Any questions, just drop me an email
i do IT call outs, cash in hand, i make a few hundred a month tax free 
to sustain that on a daily basis without a shop front may well be tough... i find most people are repeat customers, so i may see them once or twice a year. to fill your diary up every day (during the day) is gonna be hard, most people work and its more a PM thing, never once has anyone asked "are you around in the day"
to sustain that on a daily basis without a shop front may well be tough... i find most people are repeat customers, so i may see them once or twice a year. to fill your diary up every day (during the day) is gonna be hard, most people work and its more a PM thing, never once has anyone asked "are you around in the day"
Well good luck. But the general view of the coders that I sit next to is avoid it like the plague. Apparently there has been a few investigations into the company.
these companies make you sign up to a finance agreement so if you quit you loose all your money, if they go bankrupt you still have to pay all the money back!!!
loads of these companies turn out to be totally crap or a total scam..
my cousin got done for 5k
yeah are all scummy programs, BSM & Red are just as bad in driving terms, you would think you can trust them. my mate paid 4k to train with red and then BSM, ended up working his nuts off and losing money after petrol each week
And therein lies the problem, that people have negative views, gained from negative rumour without knowing fact. There's been no investigations into Train2Game, but into the tenuously linked scheidigger. The courses have been benchmarked by two Universities as Level 5, and the equivalent of the first two years of a bachelors degree.
And, like I said, this really wasn't the point of the thread.
Back on topic, thanks for all your input folks. I think the reality is that it might make me a few quid but as for a replacement for a day job, it's seems pretty unlikely to sustain me on malware and spyware removal.
And therein lies the problem, that people have negative views, gained from negative rumour without knowing fact. There's been no investigations into Train2Game, but into the tenuously linked scheidigger. The courses have been benchmarked by two Universities as Level 5, and the equivalent of the first two years of a bachelors degree.
And, like I said, this really wasn't the point of the thread.
Back on topic, thanks for all your input folks. I think the reality is that it might make me a few quid but as for a replacement for a day job, it's seems pretty unlikely to sustain me on malware and spyware removal.
its def a side job in my view.
saying that if you went and set a stall up outside pc world and undercut all the numpties wondering in with there pc's under there arms...
And therein lies the problem, that people have negative views, gained from negative rumour without knowing fact. There's been no investigations into Train2Game, but into the tenuously linked scheidigger. The courses have been benchmarked by two Universities as Level 5, and the equivalent of the first two years of a bachelors degree.
And, like I said, this really wasn't the point of the thread.
Back on topic, thanks for all your input folks. I think the reality is that it might make me a few quid but as for a replacement for a day job, it's seems pretty unlikely to sustain me on malware and spyware removal.
Haha, but these are the people that would be interviewing you! You don't need no 'Train 2 Game' learn it yourself! Save ya 5k.
Sorry I'll let you get back on topic.