There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with this picture. I'm busy troubleshooting NETWORK issues (not DSL related) for someone who is in turn charging his client $95 an hour for his services.
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Viper GTS
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Viper GTS
If you're charging your customer $95/hour to work on their network... Why the $#@! are you talking to me?
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The question you should be asking is, why the fvck couldn't whoever hired this moron hire me instead?
Demon-Xanth
Lifer
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Are they working for one of those people who use DSL for a "mission critical" (read: forwarding lame emails) network connection for thier buisness and cannot have it down for a second otherwise thier company loses $40,000/second?
I don't know what they're doing with it, but their consultant basically told me to hurry up because he was worried about billing his client for too much.
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Viper GTS
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Viper GTS
yeah, kinda unrelated but i remember the warner tech came to install my cable modem, he didnt know what the heck he was doing
Finally figured this guy's problem out. All along he'd been telling me he had "two 5-port hubs" that were cascaded. Turns out he was really running Linksys broadband routers, with the DSL plugged into the WAN connection of one of them. All along I'd been wondering WTF we couldn't touch the router.
Doh!
Viper GTS
Doh!
Viper GTS
so you working for dsl company, but doing his job, so they pay him for work the dsl company is paying you to do?
Ahhh yes - second hand tech support. I love talking to dba's for Fortune 500 companies and trying to explain concepts like "Primary Key" and how to issue SELECTS from ISQL...
I don't wanna think about how much they are making! :|
(not that I'm not paid well, but DBAs make a lot of $$$)
Sigh... or the programmers who are just trying to "throw together" an Oracle database for testing! Argh!
I don't wanna think about how much they are making! :|
(not that I'm not paid well, but DBAs make a lot of $$$)
Sigh... or the programmers who are just trying to "throw together" an Oracle database for testing! Argh!
Pull out a few wires... have him all scared... and when he needs more help... charge him up the wazoo! 
StageLeft
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- Sep 29, 2000
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Viper
This is just funny, like you could make a comedy sketch out of it. We have the moron charging his client a large amount of money and shuttling his problems to the person who can actually solve them but is receiving a fraction of the moron's pay. Perhaps funny isn't the right word
On the bright side perhaps one day you can charge somebody $95/hour and actually DO something for it.
This is just funny, like you could make a comedy sketch out of it. We have the moron charging his client a large amount of money and shuttling his problems to the person who can actually solve them but is receiving a fraction of the moron's pay. Perhaps funny isn't the right word
On the bright side perhaps one day you can charge somebody $95/hour and actually DO something for it.
In all seriousness, you are in the wrong job. Anyone who knows enough about computers to surf with something other than AOL, and can install hardware on a PC can and should make a hundred bucks an hour. Most people out there with a home pc, and most people running small business are scared to death to touch the machines when something goes wrong.
I recently had to install a DSL modem; I ended up charging the client 700 bucks to do it. The problem was the documentation for the modem sucked, and the techs were no help at all. After two visits (one by a Bellsouth Master Line Techinician, and one by a master DSL installer) I figured out what was wrong with the install and fixed it (after talking to MY computer guru--who gave me the advice for free).
I do not work on computers full time. My true love is writing, which is my 9-5 job. There is a universal truth concerning writers, and it holds true for techs as well: The difference between the hack working in Hollyweird, making 150k/yr writing for a sitcom, and the guy typing away in his basement, is the fact that the guy in Hollywood has the BALLS to take the chance and put himself on the line. The guy in the basement may have five times the talent, but 1/5 the balls.
The same is true for techs. I have met a few great ones; almost all of them are in other fields, making a lot less an hour than me,and they ALL have far superior computer-related knowledge. They are used to me asking them questions about MY pc's and helping me with MY client issues, but for some reason they will not take the plunge and repair pc's for money.
YOU should be the one making the big bucks. The only one stopping YOU is YOU.
I recently had to install a DSL modem; I ended up charging the client 700 bucks to do it. The problem was the documentation for the modem sucked, and the techs were no help at all. After two visits (one by a Bellsouth Master Line Techinician, and one by a master DSL installer) I figured out what was wrong with the install and fixed it (after talking to MY computer guru--who gave me the advice for free).
I do not work on computers full time. My true love is writing, which is my 9-5 job. There is a universal truth concerning writers, and it holds true for techs as well: The difference between the hack working in Hollyweird, making 150k/yr writing for a sitcom, and the guy typing away in his basement, is the fact that the guy in Hollywood has the BALLS to take the chance and put himself on the line. The guy in the basement may have five times the talent, but 1/5 the balls.
The same is true for techs. I have met a few great ones; almost all of them are in other fields, making a lot less an hour than me,and they ALL have far superior computer-related knowledge. They are used to me asking them questions about MY pc's and helping me with MY client issues, but for some reason they will not take the plunge and repair pc's for money.
YOU should be the one making the big bucks. The only one stopping YOU is YOU.
I agree with I'm Typing. For a lot of people, making a lot of money is a matter of being willing to pretend you know more than you do. The guy who called you sounds like he didn't have a clue. He may be making a ton of money, but he doesn't get the satisfaction of knowing that he's good at his job, like you do.
On the other hand...if you had his job you'd have the satisfaction of knowing you were good at your job AND you'd have tons of money....hmmm, do that.
-RedFox1
On the other hand...if you had his job you'd have the satisfaction of knowing you were good at your job AND you'd have tons of money....hmmm, do that.
-RedFox1
Right now I don't think I have the skills to be marketable. And right now I don't have the luxury of risking my employment. I've been here a year, & I have debts. I am, however, working on making myself marketable.
Viper GTS
Viper GTS
Kinda what happened to me for this kid I made a computer for...I didnt get paid or anything, but I built him a comp...a few days later he comes to me asking all of these questions...I ask why and he says hes trying to help people out so he can become a moderator on the hardware board...I added him to my AIM block list right afterwords...sigh...
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