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anyone here have experience with instructing someone how to use a pc? just on basic terms, old people style. i have a woman who needs help with a new computer and she wants to pay me but i don't know how much to charge. i figured $20 would be fine but i don't know if there's the possibility for more from a professional standpoint. |
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have you got any qualifications |
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yes lots of them |
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for $20 i will show you how to connect the monitor |
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Bear in mind that once you help someone with a computer once, the following rules apply: 1. You will become a 24/7/365 phone support for computing problems for them. You will not receive any renumeration or recompense for these calls, even if they interrupt your recreation. 2. They will want to use you again and again. 3. They will pass your number to their friends, or ask you to look at their computers as a favour. 4. If anything goes wrong with that computer, for up to 6 months after you looked at it, you will be expected to fix it as apparently you implied some sort of guarantee by helping them and also, "whatever you did last time you were here" is what broke it. 5. Even if you can bring yourself to charge them, you'll feel too embarressed/unreasonable for charging £50 an hour, which, taking into account the cost of getting there etc. is not unreasonable. As such, you'll probably end up making a financial, as well as time loss. 6. Few people will see what you've done as a favour and be willing to return it. Their perception of anyone technical is that they are nerds who have nothing better to do with their time than fix their computers. They even think you enjoy doing it. 7. Any hardware you fit, they will expect you to replace/pay for when it conks out 2 years down the line. 8. Never, ever mention you work in anything to do with computers at a party. Even if it's something cool like forensics or pen testing and it's not hideously embarresing, they'll still ask for your help. 9. They'll expect you to know every two bit (no pun intended) piece of software, inside out. 10. Before you know it, you can't go out into the street without bumping into someone who wants you to "just look at my PC quickly." Don't get involved. Unless you love the person enough not to charge for/resent doing it, it's not worth it. The exception is lawyers and doctors; They seem to understand the concept of "favours for favours" better than most and will usually help you out for free/more quickly in |
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...in exchange for your help. |
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like me you learnt your lesson the hard way too? :) |
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ive taught grannies how to use computers. It's a waste of time to be honnest unless they're practicing an hour or so a day - which they won't. |
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at least you got a shag out if it |
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Agreed. They don't retain any of the knowledge and will need to be told how to do the same thing over and over. Tell them they'll be dead soon and it's a waste of time learning anything at their stage in the game. |
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shit. well thanks for the advice. |
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Listen to Ceri. Do it inly if you're planning on spending the rest of you life with the person. Helping with computers is more binding than sex. |
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just get them that lame readers digest book "how to do just about anything on your computer" which is advertised on the telly about every five bloody minutes. |
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