How can I earn extra money with my knowledge of computers?

Nasher said:
Get an IT job in the defence sector (or Home office I guess), get DV clearance and a few years of training/experience. Along with about a 10k pay rise on what you have and usually a much more relaxed environment.

Companies pay loads of money just for people with high level security clearance, even if they aren't all that experienced. It allows them to bid for the big bucks government contracts and stay onboard the gravy train.
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SexyGreyFox said:
That Man of Honour tag to the left is because I wore the t-shirt for many years and spent a lot of time in OCUK from the day they opened buying parts for other peoples PCs.
Somebody touched on it above but I'll expand:
If you bought a PC from a shop you wouldn't go back after 8 years and start complaining when the motherboard burnt out but being an individual making money on the side, people will come back 8 years later demanding I fix it for free.
The 8 years one was the longest but there had been others so in 2007 I finally decided to stop but even then I had one knocking on my door about 3 years later moaning about his PC that had crashed and it was all my fault.
For the same amount of time I don't offer help either to family or friends, once you touch their computer you become involved for life.
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I see other people say the same yet I have been doing home pc's for 15 years and never had that issue.. Was turning over quite a bit at the peak died of loads in the last few years now Internet works and w10 / newer hardware is much more reliable and virus' are so rare
 
Cloud software sales. You might be able to start in an associate Solutions Engineering or BDR role and work your way up to a Cloud Architect or Principal SE role. [In London] Six figure base salaries with significant bonuses are certainly achievable after about 6-7 years experience if you work hard and take to it. You can earn very good money in any part of the country doing this though.

Salesforce and it’s partners/ reseller ecosystem might be a good place to start. You can learn more about SF at their free online learning portal -trailhead.salesforce.com

Google, AWS, and MS are also similar but the Salesforce ecosystem is really booming at the moment.
 
GothicGhost said:
That what I'm doing right now at university doing networking degree and I couldn't be happier in my 2nd year now ✊✊

Coming from low income security guard job I wanted something better for myself and family.
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Good luck to you pal. Although I'm no longer in the industry I trained for, the years I worked in it paid my mortgage way ahead of time. I could not have done that if I'd not gone that route. :)
 
GothicGhost said:
Thank you, I know a degree not everything but it does open doors for me for jobs I was looking at.
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Great entry degree as you learn a lot about everything and how to trouble shoot.

I have very little to do with 'IT' now but still use the 7 layer model to trouble shoot complex problems.
 
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