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Repair Technician Jobs - Hire Yourself!
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2007 John H. Dow Are you looking for a computer repair technician job? I've been working in the computer repair business since the early 80's. Sometimes as a contractor, sometimes directly for the client. One of the best computer repair jobs you can find is probably working for yourself in computer repair. Why, well think about this. If you work for someone else you may get benefits, a steady salary, and even vacations. But if you work for yourself, the pay is much better and you can certainly provide all of those benefits to yourself and more. You can make money repairing computers full or part time. Let's say you've worked as a computer repair technician for 3-4 years and know most of the common solutions. You make $50K gross a year and only work 40 hours per week (I know, nobody works 40 hours a week in our business but we'll just pretend for this example). Then you make about $25 per hour gross and $18 net (or annual of $37,500 net). Not bad, in fact it's better than most. OK now let's compare it to working for yourself. Lets say you work 30 hours per week but only bill out 25. You have travel time, marketing, bookkeeping,, etc. that takes up about 15% of your time per week. So if you charge $75 per hour (most major cities going rate for onsite service). So $25 times 1300 (25 hours for 52 weeks) equals about $97,500. OK, let's take out the taxes and social security at 25% (your expenses drop your gross income too - so this number would be less in reality) so drop $25K off the top. Then take out another $750 per month for expenses like health insurance, gas, etc. Now we're down to $63,500 net. You also have miscellaneous expenses so let's take out another $7500 right off the top. So now we're down to $56,000 net. And you even could have addition expense depending where you office or other advertising costs. So let's round it off to $52,000. So now you're working 10 hours less a week (that's 25% less than working for someone else), you have a net income of $52,000 (that's a 38% increase in net). Now you might spend some of that time doing work related tasks but not always. Overall you should realize 5-10 more hours a week to do something else besides work. OK, I can hear you right now, "but how do I find the clients"? Getting clients is an issue. And there are other challenges too. Organizing your time, dealing with people (clients and vendors), collecting money, and other mundane business owner duties. We'll solve that dilemma in the last paragraph, don't worry about that right now. The good news is that you have many more personal freedoms being your own boss. You can plan and take more time off. You can go to a convention (which is usually in a place you would take a vacation) or business conference and write it off. The personal satisfaction level is high too. Hey, it's your business and if you do well, you get all the credit. Now I will say that not everyone is cut out to be their own boss. They don't want the risk, or the personal interaction that it takes to deal with people. That's fine, that's what makes the world go round, different strokes for different folks. But then you may never know, if you don't give it a shot at least one time in your life. And you can start part time while you're still working to see if this might be good for you. In fact, I've never seen a better part time business than the Computer Repair business. Just billing out a few hours a week can generate enough revenue to buy the toys you want or take that great vacation that you've always wanted. Now, back to the mundane business chores and finding customers. Learning how to deal with people, time management, and business responsibilities is a challenge. But I do have a suggestion for those who want to give it a shot. Like I mentioned earlier in this article, I've been in the computer business for over 25 years. In that time I have to admit that I've made just about every possible mistake. But I've also developed many successful methods, systems, and procedures based on this experience. Not so much technical (although I have included many utilities and problem solving information too) but more business and marketing advice and recommendations. If you think you want to take the plunge, either full or part time, in the computer repair business, my Computer Repair Business Guide may be just what you need. You can learn more about starting and running a Computer Repair Business by someone who does it everyday. This isn't a general business guide, this is totally about the computer repair business and how to be successful. Just
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