Tech Wannabe

The only real way into this fiel dis through hands on expience, but at the same time many places runs short courses.

See if you can get enrolled in short courses in your area to learn as much as you can.

Secondly, see if any volunteer/charity organsisations in oyur area would like someone to help thme (for free) - that way you cna build up some experience.

Then you need to look around local companies and see if you can land a job - exepctthe pay to be low to start with, but the knowledge you will learn in these early days will be rewarded with better returns in the long term.

This will also allow you to get a feel for the exact area you want to go into.

Good luck - its a great industry, even if frustrating at times.

You can try this. Go to your local community college. Most have 8 week classes on A+ training. The cost is cheap like $128.00. They have plenty of equipment to work on. They get a lot computers donated to them. Then try to do an internship with the community college. No pay but a lot of experience. This is a field where you must realize that it requires a life long learning experience so just accept it and take as many courses as you can and can afford. Next forget about a job. You can make more money working for yourself and you'll have the freedom. Look at your classified ads in your local paper. Call some computer techs listed and ask what they do and what they charge. Hire one or two to do something for you. Watch how they work and handle you. Then place your ad in the paper and offer a cheaper service. Its the american way. Better service and lower cost everyone understands this.
You will learn what to do along the way. You will make a few mistakes but be honest,do quality workand you should do ok.
Jobs are a dead end way to go. They will control your income and your learning.
Be you own boss. Its the american way.
Good luck
Mike

Basically there are only 2 ways to make any money in this field.
1. Programmer. You must like detail. Start learning prog. languages. See Internet Lots of free stuff. Or take courses at Comm. College
2. Network tech./admin. Hands on is good so you have a good start. But you will need training in NT/ Novell or Cisco systems.

Forget about just pc tech..unless you create
your own business and do strictly service. There is no money in sales. You will have to be a salesman too though, evenif you do just service..Many techs I know do not like this..Hope this helps.