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a while back I posted a thread saying I Was doing part time computer building and virus removal along side my current job. I was being paid per job as and when required.

I have received a letter this morning saying that I will still be doing jobs when required but they want to give me a monthly retainer of £1000 + pay for any jobs I do

This isn't going to start until the end of March but according to the letter clients have been impressed with the builds I have done especially the 3 I did where cable management and cooling was the number one priority. Also the refurb I did of the Sun box was mentioned in the letter although I left half a ton of blood inside it after I slashed my hands open on the metal bar over the hard drive bay.

We'll see what happens but this looks pretty cool to me

 

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Nice one. Sounds like you're onto a winner there!

T

 

yeah sounds cool to me too, the money will come in handy for studying and exam costs

 

Nice Getting paid to do PC builds? I'd do it! Nice one mate!

Tell you what GBL, we'll set up a business doing it, earn loads of money and then take over the world.

*muhahahha*

Qs

 

hah ha great minds think a like I'd love to do pc builds full time especially big monster rigs.

 

You should play on the old security paranoia around nowadays where everyone is convince people are stealing their identities through their PC ;) do it side by side with your PC builds.

But instead of advertising as "PC handy man blah blah blah" which sounds really common, advertise as "security Technician *statistics on security whatever* secure your pc today £25 an hour.

that way it sounds less like some geezer whos good at PCs lol.

I might do that actually non of that was aimed at you but an example of what you see in newspapers etc.

 

Same! I really want to build one for home gaming use but my 360 has converted me to console gaming.... plus I don't really have the spare cash...

All I get stuck with now is PC repair for people in the office.

Still it's not that bad... I usually get paid with Southern Comfort. (and no, that's not a metaphor)

Qs

 

I am getting £75 per hour for the build and £30 for things like virus removal.

why not convert your xbox? I have seem some crazy water cooled jobs with added gpu's. I'm strictly cash, I'll buy my own booze heh heh.

 

A rig with a couple of these babies and CUDA, now that would be cool...

 

I have a GTX 260 and it's an awesome card and I have seen the 280 in action but not the 295 but if it's an improvement on the previos 200 series then they'll be great

 

Thats an extra £12K per year without doing anything.

Sweet!

 

GBL

That is really good news you should rightly be pleased.

I am much the same, and my last 2 pc gaming attempts really hit that home - especially with all the copy protection and games for windows live bull that comes with them now.

 

Heh. BRB - just going to sell my car to afford such a rig

Qs

 

well it's about 8 after I get ripped by the tax man

Crysis wars pissed me off with that drm crap.

 

Yeah seems pretty good, though the taxman might rip me off big time. I should finnaly be able to save some cash

 

Cash in hand = Win.

Get a t-shirt made with the following caption:

"Fixes Computers! Decent rates! Accepts cash/beer/women"

Qs

 

lol. They were giving me cash in hand but since they are now going to give me a retainer it has to be done by the book.

I still might get an M3 yet

 

¬_¬

There's a name for people like you. Lucky.

Ha, congrats. That's just less than my salary on top of whatever you're already being paid. Sighhhh.

 

don't worry I'm not in the 40% tax bracket yet