My mid-teenage crisis

[sllewe]

FYI, when you make it to an interview process, don't "slam" any specific technologies, I almost lost a client once because he mentioned that Mac's are the only PCs worth dealing with and I laughed at him.

You mean i shouldnt tell them that i only work with Intel and think AMD is just a "cool" trend? Just trying to raise the blood pressure of you AMD fanatics


BUt as far as expirence, hell i might as well list em out

A+ cert.
100+ hours in school repair
One simester of Network Installation & Repair (Votec)
One simester of PC repair
Countless One the side jobs (i would go into detail here)
Built my machines

Maybe i could get some teachers or neighbors as references

Is that too much you think? Should i take some thing out or add something in (that may be obvious, i know you dont really know what i have or have not done)

And to zep about getting a job under while being under 18, well i have one right now, and as long as i dont work 40 hours a week, i am fine.

Thanks

Sean

 

[SOcRatEs]

AtK

I think what Zephead is referring to there may be tax breaks avail.
to potential employers and such, Insentives.
Not to mention working scholarships...College credits for working.
Employers-->reembursement for college while working for them.

I'd rather attempt something BIG......and fail.
Rather than do Nothing......and succeed!
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I really wonder, if I'd had a mind like yours, at your age,
Katey bar the doors, I might've gotten Bill's G. job :haha:

toffeapple: Thats very kewl!!!

 

[tom_pearson]

Your only young mate forget all that ...Go travelling, come to europe..Ireland especially..loads a jobs here..you'd have a ball aswell..Dublin has cool nightlife..barcelona as well..london..the possibilities are endless...when your abroad you can just blagg your way into a job....just make up some school in the states where you learnt whatever you like..no one will check...it IS that easy..Austrailia is a easy place to get a job aswell
then your laughing mate just pick it up as you go along .....make some cash have a buzz then go back to college when you know what you wanna do

Damn this is good advice... I'm stuck working for the county council doing IT in schools, but I wish I took the time to bugger off and work around. It's still on the cards but it's a lot harder to leave a good job that you've settled into.

 

[zephead]

perhaps i should shed some light on a very important but overlooked subject: legal matters. before you go out to work independently, you should understand that, as a given establishment's technician, you can be held accountable for losses a business suffers should there be any slip-ups. this can lead to a nasty lawsuit should you be in this unfortunate position. the way to avoid this is to enact a contract with your employer that has a hold-harmless clause.

 

[SOcRatEs]

Legal jargen

The way to avoid this is to enact a contract with your employer that has a hold-harmless clause.

Too True!
non-disclosures is another term to get used to as well.

 

[zephead]

i've actually seen technicians get sued over things they did (or didn't do), and it's not a position anyone wants to be in.

we've all heard the horror stories though...

 

[Tedster]

to protect himself from personal liability, he would need to incorporate.
A small subchapter S or C incorporation should suffice. I'm not a lawyer, but he should get legal advice before starting such a business.