Hiya,
Right now after thinking long and hard i've decided i need a career change before i'm old and past it.
I'm 31 and i need some advice before i take the plunge!
I've been tinkering with pc's since '98 when i bought my first pentium 120 and soon afterwards got busy upgrading and have been ever since.
I know a fair bt about OS's in general having self taught myself with trial and error in win 95 (nightmare floppy version) thru 98, 2000 and now xp.
I can set-up a small network (A few mates for some quake action!).
Have been using the net for 6 years and have setup countless accounts on 56k, isdn, dsl manually.
I'm an avid online gamer so i tweak wherever i can.
I can slap up a quick website.
Loads of friends and collegues ask me to 'fix' their pc's when they have a prob, and they seem to think i'm some sort of genius! LOL
So this is where i need your advice.
I want to do this kind of thing for a living!
I have a fair amount of experience but 'only' what i have taught myself and if i don't know something i can usually root out the prob through sites like this, but i know its not enough to get a job.
What sort of college courses should i got for? What course would i need to start on and then progress?
Can i do this with part-time courses as i have a house, car and a misses to run i simply cannot afford to stop work and go into full-time education.
Sorry for long post but i don't really know what else to write. I think i'm having a mid-life crisis!!
Thanks for any help
Right now after thinking long and hard i've decided i need a career change before i'm old and past it.
I'm 31 and i need some advice before i take the plunge!
I've been tinkering with pc's since '98 when i bought my first pentium 120 and soon afterwards got busy upgrading and have been ever since.
I know a fair bt about OS's in general having self taught myself with trial and error in win 95 (nightmare floppy version) thru 98, 2000 and now xp.
I can set-up a small network (A few mates for some quake action!).
Have been using the net for 6 years and have setup countless accounts on 56k, isdn, dsl manually.
I'm an avid online gamer so i tweak wherever i can.
I can slap up a quick website.
Loads of friends and collegues ask me to 'fix' their pc's when they have a prob, and they seem to think i'm some sort of genius! LOL
So this is where i need your advice.
I want to do this kind of thing for a living!
I have a fair amount of experience but 'only' what i have taught myself and if i don't know something i can usually root out the prob through sites like this, but i know its not enough to get a job.
What sort of college courses should i got for? What course would i need to start on and then progress?
Can i do this with part-time courses as i have a house, car and a misses to run i simply cannot afford to stop work and go into full-time education.
Sorry for long post but i don't really know what else to write. I think i'm having a mid-life crisis!!
Thanks for any help