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    Open a business?

    Talk about starting out on a shoe string, this is what we did over 12 years ago. We started out of the basement of my house and called our competition out of the phonebook to get our pricing on how much to charge. We were charging $75.00 per hour with no overhead at the time and made clear...
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    how should I charge..?

    My suggestion would be to charge at an hourly rate until you have enough hours to work with before figuring out a service contract. Keep track of these hours that build up for the work you perform and after time (usually a year of service) you'll then be able to decide how much you should...
  3. forPCTECHS

    MOTIVATING YOUR TECHNICAL STAFF

    Give your techs a big head!~ Building self-esteem for a job well-done can double your productivity and profits. Working on computers can be a stressful enough job for techs, add in customer complaints from downtime and a tech can become discouraged. Offer incentives for completing a number of...
  4. forPCTECHS

    Just passed both tests..

    Congratulations! I took and passed the tests back in the 486DX days. It was real easy then. I agree with James, your next course of action should be Net+ or Server+, get the general standards aced, and then move onto the specifics. Best of Luck! Matt Lowell http://www.forPCTECHS.com High-Tech...
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    Online Study Material about networking

    When I first was getting into networking I came across this site about 5 years ago. It's changed some but a lot of info is there. Also the person who runs the site is a real helpful guy with much datacom & telecom experience. http://www.onepassinfo.com/tig/default.asp Best of Luck! Matt Lowell...
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    A+ Salary?

    Being from the New York City and PA areas. I have seen huge differences in salaries. An A+ certified technician in New York City can make as close to $60,000 per year. If you are in a more rural area, it can be close to if not less then half of that, let's say $30,000 on average. Technician's...

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