What do you do as a means for earning extra income?

  • 21kondav@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It kind of just happened by word of mouth from family to their friends etc. I’ve always been good with computers and my family kind just saw my abilities when they needed help. I did get lucky because I got an internship in high school repairing computers. Some general tips

    1. Always make sure things that should be plugged in, are

    2. Always try to turning it off and back on if you can

    3. Ask before you do

    4. Don’t do if you don’t know, even if they beg you

    5. Make sure you can trust the people you work with, especially since you’ll probably be uninsured when you’re doing this work for at least the first few months. Until you get enough clients to help you decide if it’s something you want to invest in

    • Rusty Shackleford@lemmy.thesanewriter.comOP
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      1 year ago

      Ask before you do

      This one is absolutely key for me when I’m fixing someone’s computer. I’m happy to give it a go, but I don’t want to be responsible if it breaks further. I try my best to explain it in the simplest terms possible and then get explicit verbal confirmation that it’s okay if I try my fix.