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You guys get paid for it?

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wviperw

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Woh! I just looked at the thread about fair prices to charge for building computers.

You guys get paid for building computers for other people? Where do I get in line for this? Do you actually have a business or is it just a side job? How do you find people that would trust you and actually pay you? I mean, I am 16, and who would want to buy a computer from some kid? Even if I could build computers for them, and not get paid, I would do it. It's fun! Of course I am not that experienced, so just because I know how to build one, doesn't mean I would trust my self enough to actually build one for someone else.

Every time I see someone at Best Buy getting an overpriced Compaq or PB, I hurts me inside...
 
urbantechie, how did you get a job at a local computer shop? Don't they usually require you to be like 18 or something? That is the kind of job I want to get. It would be fun, and it would support my computer upgrading needs. (since I have no job as of now) Too bad my location (des moines, iowa) doesn't really have any computer shops besides the big retail stores. I don't really want to work at Best Buy or CompUSA. At those places, all you need to know how to do is sell things...
 
i have a bunch of friends which dont have computers hat are very good so i offer to build them one, and since i usually make a good impression with their parents, i usually get a nice 50 bucks or so out of it. Kind of cool to get 50 bucks for doing what i do all day and having fun
 
i live in columbia, sc and i just hooked up with a sweet job building, troubleshooting, and tweaking pc's. it's a place called compuzone. i have an engineering degree, but decided to take a cut in pay to work with computers. hopefully i will be able to get my MCSE someday.
 
hmm, to me, it's really not hard to build up your own reputation. just read more, learn more, volunteer to build machine for your friends (garantee they are good), and sooner or later you will start earning.
 
Right now, I'm looking into computer related part time jobs (im 17). I know what you're saying about building a reputation by helping friends. Friends have called me for free tech support and I'm one of the first they turn to for any computer related stuff. After hearing about how I built my computer (and my tweaking skillz ;-]), people even consider having me build their next computer. Too bad nobody has enough money for me to actually start working... 🙁
 
just get a+ core and a+ windows cert and a tech job at a local puter shop should be easy to get. but you can prob find better with the certs
 
I help lots of friends with their comps, but I do it for free.
Then when I need help with something they know how to do, they can repay me that way 🙂
 
I built two computers for my aunt, after she bought 4 computers from 3 different local shops and all of them were very slow (just poor components, not slow ones, just really cheaply done) plus the would randomly lock up.

I built her two and including monitors and a multifuntion laser printer, came in under $2100. Both have been 100% uptime (never shut down - they run win2k). Of course no 'legal' software was used.

I also built one for my friend, that was the FIRST computer I ever built. Yes that is right, the first one I ever built was for somebody else. It has been running win98 since November of 1998, has be reinstalled 3 times, had one CD-ROM die (at that time we were cutting corners - it was a $25 IDE that lasted until july of 2000). The WD hard drive seemed to go bad, but a zero fill corrected the troubles. It has had some problems related to very poor power, including not having a surge protector (I have told them again and again to get a real one, not a 15 year old power strip - that dirties the power even more).

My first machine I built for myself was in February of 1999. It ran flawlessly (in fact the CPU, RAM, HD, VooDoo2 are still in use in the computer I had before that one). It finally died when I f00ked a BIOS update. Killed the motherboard. I got a new motherboard and CPU, plus a TNT2 Ultra at that time, and that is still running (the mobo and ram are in the machine I am on now). I upgraded to a Celeron 566 and Oc'd to 850, and put a GeForce 32Mb DDR ASUS deluxe in it when I got the GeForce2 GTS 32MB for the machine I built after that.

In November of 1999 I was in a car wreck, and recieved a hefty settlement in May 2000. I used that to build a new system, with a 21" Monitor. I picked up a GeForce2 a week after its release for $350 for a 32MB!!!. I moved the GeForce that I put in it originally into the above system, and sold the TNT2.

As it stands I am running the system I bought at a local shop in August of 1998, with parts from the Feb 99 system. Part of the Feb99 system with upgrades, and the May 2000 system. The Feb99 is my local server running win2k server. The May99 is my primary machine (right now doing some compiles so its occupied). My parents got the August98 system for $300 including monitor in March99, but it still support it (since I live in the basement.)

There is my entire computer building expirience. Only killed that one motherboard, because I didn't know about disabling the cache and shadows (it was a FIC K6-2 board). That part wasn't on thier site either. Since then I have done about 10 BIOS updates without a hitch.
 
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