Pursuing a new career

[magicammo]

Hey whats up everyone I just need some advice from somebody with experience in this specific field I guess you can say. I've come to the point in my life where I need something new something different and I've decided I want that to be a change in workplace. I want a job where i can be a computer tech or something involving computers the problem is I don't know how to go about it. I don't hold any certifications or any real solid proof saying hey I can do this lol. I was looking at a comptia A+ cert right now and possibly Network+, but the place I'm looking at charges an arm and leg for something that will only take about 3 months. My question is what can i do to pursue a career in this field? 

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

Hey whats up everyone I just need some advice from somebody with experience in this specific field I guess you can say. I've come to the point in my life where I need something new something different and I've decided I want that to be a change in workplace. I want a job where i can be a computer tech or something involving computers the problem is I don't know how to go about it. I don't hold any certifications or any real solid proof saying hey I can do this lol. I was looking at a comptia A+ cert right now and possibly Network+, but the place I'm looking at charges an arm and leg for something that will only take about 3 months. My question is what can i do to pursue a career in this field? 

Well that's a vast field of jobs you can do, it depends upon what you like to do, using tech/building tech/repairing tech. 

[magicammo]

3 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

Well that's a vast field of jobs you can do, it depends upon what you like to do, using tech/building tech/repairing tech. 

i like both ends building and repairing but out of the 2 id say i enjoy the building more none the less just something involving computers lol

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

i like both ends building and repairing but out of the 2 id say i enjoy the building more none the less just something involving computers lol

I'm like you a bit in this, so what I thought that I can build computers for people. Or even, you can work in a company which builds computers and sell pre-build systems

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, Zackbare said:

I'm like you a bit in this, so what I thought that I can build computers for people. Or even, you can work in a company which builds computers and sell pre-build systems

You can be independent, and believe me the profit is like over the top stuff, as long as your customers are dumb enough to realize the actual price of parts. 

[grimreeper132]

2 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

You can be independent, and believe me the profit is like over the top stuff, as long as your customers are dumb enough to realize the actual price of parts. 

hey some people are willing to pay up to £100 extra to not need to build it themselves, I mean I'm sure there's lazy fucks with too much money who'd pay £1000+ to not need to build it, but until you have a larger reputation, I suggest charging £30-50 per PC, unless they are more difficult to do, e.g. SLI or overclocking

[magicammo]

Just now, Zackbare said:

You can be independent, and believe me the profit is like over the top stuff, as long as your customers are dumb enough to realize the actual price of parts. 

LMFAO that funny. this is where I run into a wall tho most companies are gonna want you to have a shiny plaque saying you can perform this said task and Idk if  an A + cert will help in this case or not. being independent I thought about, but it is quite difficult just because one I dont have a lot of money, and my location kinda sucks lol

[magicammo]

1 minute ago, grimreeper132 said:

hey some people are willing to pay up to £100 extra to not need to build it themselves, I mean I'm sure there's lazy fucks with too much money who'd pay £1000+ to not need to build it, but until you have a larger reputation, I suggest charging £30-50 per PC, unless they are more difficult to do, e.g. SLI or overclocking

Believe me that would be awesome to do but since it would mostly be a local thing the area im in kinda sucks lol. and im looking for something that would be a more stable income id love to do that on the side for sure haha

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

LMFAO that funny. this is where I run into a wall tho most companies are gonna want you to have a shiny plaque saying you can perform this said task and Idk if  an A + cert will help in this case or not. being independent I thought about, but it is quite difficult just because one I dont have a lot of money, and my location kinda sucks lol

You can do this from your home itself, forget about companies, just do a research around your place what companies are charging to build, and then put your price $10 less than that and tell everybody that you can do the same in less money.

BOOM!

(Also if you can keep a watch on their shop, as soon as someone gets out, tell them you can do that for less bucks )

[ZackCodesAI]

About location, just go online dude!!

[grimreeper132]

Just now, magicammo said:

Believe me that would be awesome to do but since it would mostly be a local thing the area im in kinda sucks lol. and im looking for something that would be a more stable income id love to do that on the side for sure haha

aye that is true it's the same with me, I would love to do it, and it would be a good easy income for me, but in my area I couldn't

 

Just now, Zackbare said:

You can do this from your home itself, forget about companies, just do a research around your place what companies are charging to build, and then put your price $10 less than that and tell everybody that you can do the same in less money.

BOOM!

(Also if you can keep a watch on their shop, as soon as someone gets out, tell them you can do that for less bucks )

hey as long as you don't do a war dogs and undercut everyone else by £10 mil you'll be fine

[ZackCodesAI]

Ohh.. you can also do hardware installation by visiting peoples home and doing it, like Nerds shown in Pixels movie

[magicammo]

1 minute ago, Zackbare said:

You can do this from your home itself, forget about companies, just do a research around your place what companies are charging to build, and then put your price $10 less than that and tell everybody that you can do the same in less money.

BOOM!

(Also if you can keep a watch on their shop, as soon as someone gets out, tell them you can do that for less bucks )

literally there are maybe 3 shops here in San Diego California that even offer something like this and one place is Frys ahaha 

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

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And after you earn some money from building pc, you can go for putting some money in building a server, where you can offer people cloud storage or website hosting.

[magicammo]

Just now, Zackbare said:

And after you earn some money from building pc, you can go for putting some money in building a server, where you can offer people cloud storage or website hosting.

lmao i think that would be getting a bit too ahead of myself. never built a server not even a small one. Ive been messing around building just everyday use systems / gaming systems. right now im actually gonna be attempting my first mod. Im going to be putting a low end gaming pc in an xbox 360 case . kinda wanna take all the old consoles and gut them and use the cases and mod them for pc use :P.

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

lmao i think that would be getting a bit too ahead of myself. never built a server not even a small one. Ive been messing around building just everyday use systems / gaming systems. right now im actually gonna be attempting my first mod. Im going to be putting a low end gaming pc in an xbox 360 case . kinda wanna take all the old consoles and gut them and use the cases and mod them for pc use :P.

You'd learn evetually, it's all pretty easy, and you have this forum...

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

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IDK which but some company used about 150 PS3 and build a supercomputer off it by interconnecting them....

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, Zackbare said:

IDK which but some company used about 150 PS3 and build a supercomputer off it by interconnecting them....

Oh yeah US air force  1750 PS3

https://phys.org/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html

Join them..

[magicammo]

Just now, Zackbare said:

IDK which but some company used about 150 PS3 and build a supercomputer off it by interconnecting them....

how tf lmao

[magicammo]

4 minutes ago, Zackbare said:

Oh yeah US air force  1750 PS3

https://phys.org/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html

Join them..

But yea man right now im working at a casino and it sucks never really felt stuck in a place until I started working here lmao. btw do you have an A+ Cert?

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

But yea man right now im working at a casino and it sucks never really felt stuck in a place until I started working here lmao. btw do you have an A+ Cert?

You'll be doomed to read this..

 

 

 

I'm about to join college for elec. engineering, UG 

[lettuce head]

a pro tip of the day that my neighbor gave me is that you can find a job doing most anything, but the software side of things is growing fast, and the hardware side of things are starting to die out

[magicammo]

1 minute ago, Zackbare said:

You'll be doomed to read this..

 

 

 

I'm about to join college for elec. engineering, UG 

thats awesome man. If i go back to school i cant go to a college i have to go to like a technical school unfortunately

[ZackCodesAI]

Just now, magicammo said:

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Well here, we have some pretty good colleges and 
I'm looking for Scandinavian countries also for colleges.

[LewisBloom]

Pick an area and learn it. Saying you want a job in computers is like saying you want a job in vehicles. Its too broad to actually really mean anything, do you want to drive taxi's, be a mechanic, wash them, sell them etc etc etc etc what do you mean?

 

I went the home system repair route way back via a small low paid job at a local independent place. It got me the experience I need (I don't have any qualifications in this area) that then led me to tech support in a school, which btw in itself is an independent industry as edu IT is very very VERY different to other sectors. The jobs didnt pay mega well but I enjoyed the work, I am a people person which helps as the old image of IT being locked away is essentially being phased out. More and more now its all about people skills in being able to not only deal with an issue but also the person having the issue and repair or fix in a way that lessens disruption to the job they are doing. being on good terms with the others you work with pays off big time and you have to realise that IT support is a service industry these days too so its smile and wave time boys lol.

 

Anyway, experience was key to me, I'm UK based btw. So if you can even volunteer at a PC shop a day a week or something silly just for experience alone it could pay off down the road. I think you just have to remember that your in it for the long game its not going to be a quick thing normally, so a part time volunteer or paid job and some studying here and there will pay off.

 

I myself did it the other way round I went part time and studying for a different computer sector and left the school in 2014 for the job of my dreams that I'd be working part time on for sometimes no pay for a decade.

 

best of luck in your own IT adventure,

Lewis