Posts
Just a few notes for help to non technical people.
If your power supply goes on your computer just hope it decided to be nice and not take other parts with it.
Viruses can destroy hardware on your computer, and like to break your drivers.
Cookies are not necessarily your friends, they can be placed there by a hacker to get your important info.
Many techs know what they are talking about and many just talk out of their rears.
Just because that video card is the "BEST" does not mean it will fit.
You need to remember that the inside of your computer should not be packed like a sardine.
Your computer like a small child, does not like your cigarettes either. <I should post some pictures for you smokers. nasty....>
A note to my techie friends: Just because large companies charge people $60+ per hour doesn't mean you can or should. I am not stating that we should work for free, nor am I stating that our services should cost as much, just that we need to come to an understanding that we should charge appropriately.
Speaking as one of the techie friends, $60/hour is a fair rate. Given that big-box stores -- Best Buy -- charge more and deliver less.
ReplyDeleteSimply put, the larger the support organization, the larger the overhead that they carry, and the larger the rates.
However, for those of us that might rely on some side jobs to augment our income(s), time = money. And everyone has a different definition of what the trade-off is between spending quality family time, or working a freelance job. To give one's skills away, is just plain dumb. It falls on the client to define what they are willing to pay. If someone is willing to pay my hourly rate, they get my "A" game.
If someone wants something for $10/hour, they will get exactly that $10/hour. Are you going to get someone with extensive, real-world experience, or someone that just knows a lot about computers?
The line is fine.
I am mainly talking about those individuals here that state that they will not do anything for less than $70 an hour and really do not know what they are doing. I am willing to pay a person for their spare time, I have a shade tree mechanic friend and I pay him what he asks. I also agree with the fact of you get what you pay for. I know he is cheaper than the shop down the road, but with him I do not get features like say a warranty.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that gets me is those select few that work at the Bix Box companies that sell service to people. The service at the Bix Box in my experience has never been worth the exorbitant price tag.
I think the phrase you get what you are willing to pay for more suits people today.